RIAA President Speaks

Cary Sherman, President of the RIAA, is speaking out on the rights and wrongs in the antipiracy struggle. About halfway through this article, all I could think about is why this industry, which sold over a billion CDs and digital tracks in 2005 is “in trouble.” It must be hard to get by on the profits on a billion CDs and music tracks.

When we target an infringer, we do not know who that person is or any demographic information about the computer user. We know the songs that are being illegally "shared" (with millions of anonymous people) and the time and date of that copyright violation, nothing more. We do not have the ability to screen defendants based on their perceived sympathy or anything else.

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