With the music and film industries harping on peer-to-peer networks for illegal file sharing, it's almost refreshing to hear about a copyright suit over illegal duplicates created the old-fashioned way – with a copy machine.

On Feb. 9, six book publishers filed suit against Kenneth R. Roberts, the president of Custom Copies, a copy shop in Gainsville, Fla. The publishers allege that Custom Copies illegally copied, distributed and sold copyrighted materials to University of Florida students. The suit, which the companies filed in the Northern District of Florida, claims that Roberts illegally created coursepacks, compilations of book excerpts and articles from magazines and scholarly journals.

This is not the first time academic publishers have sued Roberts. The current case is nearly an identical duplicate of a suit filed against him in October 2002, which he previously settled.

With the music and film industries harping on peer-to-peer networks for illegal file sharing, it's almost refreshing to hear about a copyright suit over illegal duplicates created the old-fashioned way – with a copy machine.

On Feb. 9, six book publishers filed suit against Kenneth R. Roberts, the president of Custom Copies, a copy shop in Gainsville, Fla. The publishers allege that Custom Copies illegally copied, distributed and sold copyrighted materials to University of Florida students. The suit, which the companies filed in the Northern District of Florida, claims that Roberts illegally created coursepacks, compilations of book excerpts and articles from magazines and scholarly journals.

This is not the first time academic publishers have sued Roberts. The current case is nearly an identical duplicate of a suit filed against him in October 2002, which he previously settled.