ArsTechnica: The RIAA seems to be up to its old tricks again, suing 235 suspected file sharers. Few details are known about this suit so far, but it's clear that the defendants are not "John Doe 1-235" this time, but named individuals who may not yet be aware that they have been sued. While that's certainly a start, it's no guarantee that the legal team did their homework this time.

Previous incidents where the recording industry sued demonstrably innocent or dead people haven't pushed the lawyers to perfection quite yet. A family in Rome, GA, (one of the 235 defendants) was very surprised when the local newspaper contacted them to ask about the file sharing lawsuit in which they were implicated:

"I don't understand this," said James Walls. "How can they sue us when we don't even have a computer?"

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