MIT IP Addresses Named in Suits
| IP Address | Residence | Date | Songs Allegedly Shared Illegally |
| 18.241.6.248 | New House | 8/21/05 | Go West (Pet Shop Boys), That Don’t Impress Me Much (Shania Twain), A Thousand Years (Sting), Crash and Burn (Savage Garden), Wheel of Fortune (Ace of Base) |
| 18.242.6.31 | Next House | 9/9/05 | Fast Car (Tracy Chapman), Always On the Run (Lenny Kravitz), Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen) |
| 18.248.7.245 | East Campus | 9/10/05 | El Capitan (OPM), Brown Eyed Girl (Everclear), Why Can’t We Be Friends (Smash Mouth), What I Said I Do (Clint Black) |
| 18.242.6.153 | Next House | 9/11/05 | On Sacred Ground (Yanni), Reason for Rainbows (Yanni), Going Home (Kenny G) |
| 18.215.1.212 | Phi Kappa Sigma | 9/12/05 | Hey Baby (No Doubt), Underneath It All (No Doubt), In My Head (No Doubt), Have You Ever (The Offspring) |
| 18.242.6.48 | Next House | 9/14/05 | Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground), Ride Wit Me (Nelly), Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson), Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Girlfriend (Alicia Keys) |
court filing
The record industry filed a lawsuit against users at the IP addresses listed above for sharing songs without permission. The lawsuit, No. 05-11960 was filed in federal district court in Massachusetts on Sept. 29.


