Kazaa 'most scanned' in RIAA subpoena war

Kazaa 'most scanned' in RIAA subpoena campaign

With more than 1,000 hits, KaZaA is still far and away the most common p2p service scanned by the RIAA in its sue 'em all campaign, with iMesh and Grokster way behind in the number two and three spots.

Ten universities stand out from 40-plus ISPs with Comcast, SBC, Time Warner and Verizon leading the pack, says the current (EFF) Electronic Frontier Foundation dbase PACER update - 1145 - through to last Friday.

Of course, MIT and Boston College may have started a trend forcing the RIAA to file in appropriate jurisdictions instead of shot-gunning everything from Washington, DC, as it's still doing. It'll be interesting to see where that leads.

"We'll see," the EFF's Wendy Seltzer told us. "Unless we get some distributed help, it could be more difficult for us to maintain a centralized database - but at least it'll be easier for recipients to challenge the subpoenas in their own jurisdictions."

For now, the next EFF update will depend on when the DC District Court revises its PACER database followed, obviously, by the time it takes the EFF to pull the records and proofread the PDF scans.

But they're on it. So remember the EFF next time you have a little spare change you're looking to donate.

Below are some aggregate stats from the set:

Universities:

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