On March 22, 2004, various recording studios filed a John Doe complaint against a user of the Stanford network. The lawsuit alleges that the unnamed defendant illegally downloaded and/or shared 11 songs and seeks statutory damages, which could be up to $150,000 per violation. For the text of the lawsuit, click here (PDF).

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