The Motion Picture Association and the Recording Industry Association of America will join the Internet2 coalition, to create the eponymous Internet2, a higher-speed internet network.


The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will join the Internet2 coalition.

The Internet2 coalition which has more than 15 corporate partners aims to create a higher-speed internet network, the eponymous Internet2.

The RIAA’s decision comes several months after it filed a lawsuit against students who allegedly used Internet2 at university campuses to illegally swap music files. The coalition’s plans caused concern in the movie and recording industries that the technology would facilitate the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted materials. Internet2 will serve as a test site for the MPAA and the RIAA to study secure content distribution over future generation network.

Microsoft is also a coprporate partner of Internet2 and it will make contributions exceeding $1 million in goods and services to universities involved in the Internet2 project.

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