[ Thanks to Paul
Eggert for this link. ]
“Next month, after two years of planning, the world’s biggest
record company will unveil its answer to Internet piracy.”
“This is just the latest blunder by the music industry, which
has managed to miss every major development on the Internet. And
Seagram isn’t the only laughingstock online. EMI, Time Warner, Sony
and Bertelsmann also are flailing in cyberspace.”
“‘The feds need to step up to the plate and deal with it,’ [RIAA
CEO Hilary] Rosen says. ‘They need to change the way they
investigate and prosecute violators of copyright law on the
Internet. And they need to move fast.'”
“‘Let me tell you what else is in trouble here: the
Internet,’ Seagram head Edgar Bronfman Jr. says. ‘In the end, the
Internet itself will not be able to survive if it becomes a haven
for illegal activity. Copyrights must be protected
online.’“