Since the RIAA stepped up its battle on copyright to university Internet servers, they have sent around 1,600 letters letting the universities know that they could be in violation of copyright laws.
They sent out 400 more of them on May 2 with instructions to the universities to pass them along to the students mentioned.
The letters consist of offers to settle in lieu of the case being litigated. So far there have been close to 500 settlements reached.
If there isn't an agreement made, the group will file a "John Doe' lawsuit in U.S. District Court, which they then are free to subpoena the universities for the names of the people that match the Internet addresses.
Spokeswoman for the RIAA, Jenni Engebretsen, said, "It is safe to say that any student on any campus in the country who is engaged in music theft is opening 
themselves up to receiving one of these letters in the months ahead."
The Recording Industry Association of America is a representative of the four largest record labels in the world: Warner Music Group (WMG), EMI Group (EMI.L), Universal Music and Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
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