The Wall Street Journal, by way of MSNBC, is reporting that music labels, by way of the RIAA, will soon begin to sue individuals who offer the largest collections of copyrighted music on peer-to-peer networks. Rather than taking legal action against businesses, such as Napster or Kazaa, the RIAA will instead begin to target individuals as part of its new anti-piracy campaign. Not surprisingly, the two biggest supporters of this project are Vivendi and Sony.
The RIAA has been wary of suing individuals for fear of a backlash. AOL/Time Warner has expressed their reservations about filing lawsuits against individuals because many of the P2P users have turned out to be AOL users.
This sounds like a lot more fun than legalizing attacks on P2P networks.