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RIAA Sued. Turnabout is fair play.
The litigious Recording Engineering Association of America is one of the targets of a suit by
Altnet, a P2P technology company. The lawsuit revolves around the RIAA's use of Altnet's
patented technology which allows bogus files to be matched with files requested by users of P2P networks.