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The study -- published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital-rights group and an outspoken critic of the RIAA's tactics -- notes that since the music industry first filed lawsuits against 261 consumers in September 2003, the group's attorneys have sued or threatened legal actions against more than 20,000 individuals. Yet, peer-to-peer file sharing has nearly trebled to 9.4 million users this year, from 3.8 million users in August 2003, according to data attributed to media tracker Big Champagne.
