Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal Volume 20 Volume XX Number 2 Volume XX Book 2 Article 4 2009 The RIAA’s Troubling Solution to File- Sharing Genan Zilkha J.D. Candidate, Fordham University School of Law, 2010 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Genan Zilkha, The RIAA’s Troubling Solution to File- Sharing , 20 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 667 (2009). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj/vol20/iss2/4 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The RIAA’s Troubling Solution to File- Sharing Cover Page Footnote I would like to thank my advisor, Professor Willajean McLean, for her patience, guidance and support, and Professor Sonia Katyal for her insight. I would also like to thank my family for their constant encouragement. This note is available in Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj/vol20/iss2/4 C05_ZILKHA_3-8-10_FINAL (DO NOT DELETE) 3/31/2010 1:09 PM The RIAA’s Troubling Solution to File- Sharing Genan Zilkha INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 668 I. A HISTORY OF FILE-SHARING ................................................. 669 A. The Internet as a Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Network ........................................................................