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Reports are coming in from all over regarding widespread legal actions being undertaken by the RIAA in its battle against file sharing. This account is typical. "Online swappers wondering whether their names are on the record industry's hit list can check online to see if they're among 871 whose identities were subpoenaed in the first step of unprecedented mass legal action to stem Net piracy." The response from critics has been pointed. "They treat everyone as a copyright infringer, and you're assumed guilty until proven innocent." One site, www.boycott-riaa.com, is urging readers to respond by boycotting the RIAA. Another site is blocking access to the RIAA and MPAA. And the Information War continues.

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