Vanderbilt University ranks sixth on the Motion Picture Association of America's top 25 most piracy ridden schools in higher education, the association announced last week.

The announcement comes less than a month after the Recording Industry Association of America opened a new phase in its anti-filesharing campaign. Vanderbilt, who had 20 students receive pre-litigation letters from the RIAA, cites 860 students as allegedly misusing copyrighted material.

Purdue University received the "honor" of having the highest overall rank on both the MPAA and RIAA's lists.
Some students said they would not stop downloading illegally as a result of the MPAA's listing.

"Actually I'm more impressed rather than discouraged," said junior Mike Landau. "Vanderbilt made the top 10 despite our small student body."

Junior Henry Larroucau said the MPAA's listing will not affect him because he does not illegally download music.
"(Downloading illegally) decreases creativity and innovation by the artists and reduces the quality of music," he said.

Information Technology Director for the Dean of Students F. Clark Williams was unavailable for comment about these recent developments.

The Motion Picture Association of America is a leader and advocate for major producers and distributors of entertainment programming for television, cable and home video.