The RIAA has filed 477 more lawsuits today against computer users, according to this CNN article, a big percent of targets in this round have been identified as college students across 11 states. Charges are, of course, for illegally sharing music through the net.
The latest filings brings the number of lawsuits filed by the recording industry to 2,454 since last summer. None of the cases has yet gone to trial, and 437 people so far have agreed to pay financial penalties of about $3,000 as settlements.