New York - Shortly after its announcement that it would end its five-year lawsuit campaign against individual file-swappers, comes news that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has severed ties with MediaSentry, a company it had used to track file-sharing and gather evidence of illegal downloads for its lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The RIAA quietly dropped MediaSentry months ago, according to the Journal, but has not disclosed a reason.

Digital civil liberties advocates had decried MediaSentry's tactics, and some states even took steps to revoke the company's license to operate in the course of file-sharing lawsuits, according to BetaNews.

The record label trade group said it will continue to "closely monitor people it believes are illegally uploading copyrighted music."

To that end, the RIAA told the Journal it will continue to work with Denmark's DtecNet Software, which provides anti-piracy services such as pre-release monitoring, litigation tools and evidence, and electronically-generated cease and desist letters.

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/9i5lh (WSJ)

http://snipurl.com/9i65u (BetaNews)

http://www.mediasentry.com

http://www.dtecnet.com/EN/Our%20Soloutions/Anti-Piracy.aspx