An update on the war against file-sharing. On Friday, The RIAA dropped a lawsuit against Sarah Searburry Ward of Newburry, Massachusetts after she said never downloaded illegal music. The 66-year old gradmother said she never even dowloaded the program, Kazaa, needed to complete the act of file-sharing. Supporting her claim was the fact that she owns a Macintosh computer, which is incompatible with Kazaa. The reason for the mishap was blamed on a mixup with her IP address. The RIAA is still investigating.

2 down, 259 to go.

In the recent war against the file-sharing, The RIAA has filed 261 lawsuits against people allegedly sharing illegal music files. The RIAA wanted to send a message that file-sharing was illegal and punishable. The RIAA's biggest message was that internet users are not anonymous and that names will be named.

One of the people that were subpoenaed has recently settled. Manhattan resident Sylvia Torres, who was sued for copyright infringement by the Recording Industry, just settled with the RIAA for $2,000. That's 1 down, 260 to go.