Senate Investigations Committee Chair Investigates RIAA's Enforcement Campaign

and, according to this SiliconValley.com article, called the campaign "excessive." The RIAA plans to sue hundreds or thousands of individuals who may have illegally swapped music files for the damages of $750 to $150,000 per song that the law allows. The chair of the Senate permanent investigations committee, Sen. Norman Coleman (R Minn.), opened an investigation into the RIAA's efforts. [Dana Baggett]