The recording industry has launched a sweeping effort to identify and shut down individual song swappers, making good on recent threats to expand its legal battle against copyright theft.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now issued thousands of subpoenas to Internet service providers across the United States, trying to get the names of people still offering music on file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.

Stay tuned to "Tech Live" for updates on the RIAA Hit List, the user names of file traders targeted in the recording industry subpoenas. We'll also bring you the very latest from the Music Wars' front lines, where the future of digital music is shaping up in the courts and online.

Subpoena details

In June 2003, we brought you the story of Jesse Jordan, a 19-year-old college student who became one of the first to be hit with a lawsuit by the RIAA. Jordan settled his case by paying $12,000 to the RIAA.

The following user names were culled from subpoenas filed with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The Los Angeles law firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is serving all subpoenas. Most of the actual subpoenas are available for viewing online at PACER, a federal courts document service.

The court documents don't show individual users' real names. They do show file-sharing network user names, the user's ISP, the user's IP address, and a sampling of copyright songs the user allegedly made available for download. To date, many ISPs have been contacted, including Pac Bell Internet, SBC, Charter Communications, Comcast, Adelphia, RCN, and Time Warner.

Following is a list of user names we found during our review of the subpoenas made available online. Also, see the Electronic Frontier Foundation's searchable database of RIAA subpoenas, and its information on how to avoid a lawsuit.

ISPs on alert
Here's a list of which ISPs and other service providers have received subpoenas from the RIAA, and how many subpoenas each provider has received. Numbers come from a review of the RIAA subpoenas put online by the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

• Comcast Cable Communications (462)
• SBC (188)
• Verizon Internet Services (186)
• Time Warner Cable (135)
• Adelphia Communications (82)
• Charter Cable (74)
• Cox Communications (56)
• RCN (30)
• EarthLink (21)
• America Online (13)
• Bell South (12)
• CenturyTel Internet Services (12)
• Grande Communications (10)
• Mediacom Communications (9)
• InterQuest Communications (6)
• Bentley College (Boston) (5)
• Qwest Communications(5)
• Loyola Marymount University (4)
• Boston College (3)
• CSC Holdings (2)
• Northeastern University (2)
• New York University (2)
• San Bruno Municipal Cable (2)
• Suntech Systems (2)
• Allegiance Internet, AT&T Worldnet, Boston University, Cincinnati Bell, Columbia University (New York), DePaul University (Chicago), Insight Midwest, Loyola University (Chicago), Massillon Cable TV, MIT, Middle Tennessee State University, Noment Networks, Northeastern University (Boston), Pacific Bell Internet, PenTeleData, Trinity University, University of Southern California, Wide Open West Holdings (1 each).

Unnamed P2P users
Subpoenas have been served to ISPs for unnamed users trading files on the following P2P networks. The number of subpoenas served is listed in parentheses.

• Bearshare (35)
• Limewire (16)
• Shareaza (3)
• Unspecified (5)

Today's New Targets
Updated Nov. 13

• #1stunna@Kazaa
• ALIZE16@Kazaa
• allaroundtheworld222@fileshare
• amanda@Kazaa
• amylinder@Kazaa
• andy@Kazaa
• AnnaRemsberg@Kazaa
• attiusownsyou@Kazaa
• baltus@Kazaa
• bap9999@Kazaa
• barriekr@Kazaa
• beachbabe0992@Kazaa
• bebe2886@Kazaa
• Bens5@Kazaa
• bigtymeplayer7@Kazaa
• brittalicious074@Kazaa
• BriTtAneE@Kazaa
• brittany@Kazaa
• bwp414@Kazaa
• CadillacMan@Blubster
• caitalapaine@Kazaa
• chika160@Kazaa
• christina@Kazaa
• Christy@Blubster.1.2.3
• Cjackson@Kazaa
• classydiva22@Kazaa
• Cortney@Kazaa
• crazy5s@Kazaa
• crystal_31@Kazaa
• daniellepatrick@Kazaa
• Dave37@Kazaa
• debra@Kazaa
• DetroitsFinestChaldo@Kazaa
• dirtysanchez@Kazaa
• dominick@Kazaa
• dontchaknow@Kazaa
• drenicholls@Kazaa
• drmorena86@Kazaa
• drunkenmaster@Kazaa
• dylansucksass@Kazaa
• emfen@Kazaa
• E-Money@Kazaa
• EMSport88@Kazaa
• ErickStrong@Kazaa
• erinperea@Kazaa
• etniesbabe4@Kazaa
• fdhdf@Kazaa
• firedude289@Kazaa
• forumryd@Kazaa
• FoxyChic61125@Kazaa
• Frogstomper@Kazaa
• funkmonk@Kazaa
• g2suman@Blubster
• Gemini_80@Kazaa
• Genna@Kazaa
• Grant@Kazaa
• hejkdjs@Kazaa
• HellaHot@Kazaa
• hillswho@Kazaa
• hogan4@Grokster
• hollerloud911@Kazaa
• hoodra@Kazaa
• Hotprelude@Kazaa
• inatif@filshare
• inches00@Kazaa
• Incubeauty@Kazaa
• insane1@Kazaa
• Ironman@Kazaa
• jamiestar82@Kazaa
• jbourne@Kazaa
• jeanniemd@Kazaa
• jennifer@Kazaa
• jimsteveh@Kazaa
• JStarGirl@Kazaa
• juelzbabygirl@Kazaa
• kgrigs1215@Kazaa
• kingship@Kazaa
• Kmitch007@Kazaa
• KNIGHTPRINCESS15@Kazaa
• letha05@Kazaa
• LeTTuceChoMpERs2@Kazaa
• lilmijha@Kazaa
• lilsexmachine6t9@Kazaa
• Lindad@Kazaa
• link@Kazaa
• Lisa@Kazaa
• lufkink1267@Kazaa
• lukebrothers@Kazaa
• lynzerz56@Kazaa
• mackeybrian@Kazaa
• magdawg@Kazaa
• mandieb31@Kazaa
• mandypandy@Kazaa
• mattbrown@Kazaa
• mcnoly@Kazaa
• mehollybabey@Kazaa
• melanie@Kazaa
• Melissa4@Kazaa
• Mike@Kazaa
• MO@Kazaa
• mochasteff@Kazaa
• MrAtomic@Kazaa
• music900@Kazaa
• natsalot@Kazaa
• nickdabedwetter@Kazaa
• number21@fileshare
• passionately352423@Kazaa
• Patrick@Grokster
• Paul@Kazaa
• PHIL@Kazaa
• phil0382001@Kazaa
• playtos@Kazaa
• PolkaDot@Kazaa
• rascobravado@fileshare
• red1128@Kazaa
• rita@Kazaa
• rockkerrrgirl@Kazaa
• rockysockypockyjim@Kazaa
• romans121@Kazaa
• rosecap2001@Kazaa
• SarahShanfield@Kazaa
• scooter408@Kazaa
• seaking@Kazaa
• shortey156@Kazaa
• Snowbird@Blubster
• steffyskanks10@Kazaa
• SunnYmcPot@Kazaa
• SUPERFLY...@Kazaa
• superstarz@Kazaa
• sweetpeach423@Kazaa
• sxzlilshortazzntn@Kazaa
• Tanisha@Kazaa
• teresa@Kazaa
• TheDisavowed@fileshare
• thENAZ83@Kazaa
• thevampirelestat@Kazaa
• tmac@Kazaa
• triplet@Kazaa
• tripod@Kazaa
• twoadontplay@Kazaa
• valvo66@Grokster
• vanlissa@Grokster
• vinsam@Kazaa
• violettears@fileshare
• vv33z3r@Kazaa
• Wildcatsareback@Kazaa
• wilddancer180@Kazaa
• young86@Kazaa
• Yvonne@Kazaa

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