Peer-to-peer programs like LimeWire and Kazaa found themselves in the federal spotlight as music companies filed suits against hundreds of people - including a woman at Sheppard Air Force Base - alleging they downloaded and distributed music illegally.Peer-to-peer programs allow users to share music and other media files, and the recording companies and artists don’t get paid for those exchanges.

Companies that hold titles to several copyrighted recordings - from “Falling Away from Me” by Korn to “Panama” by Van Halen - named Mallory Young, whose address is listed at Sheppard Air Force Base, as a defendant.

Young was one of 235 named defendants in suits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 21.

The suit against Young seeks an injunction prohibiting her from downloading or distributing materials that belong to the plaintiffs’ companies - which hold exclusive rights - unless she has direct permission and license to do so.

It would also require her to destroy any unauthorized downloads or copies of those recordings.

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