RIAA Remarks Rile Digital Freedom Fighters
Candid comments made by Mitch Glazier, the Recording Industry Association of America's top lobbyist, to Technology Daily ruffled the feathers of the Digital Freedom campaign on Thursday.
The group, backed by the Consumer Electronics Association and Public Knowledge, slammed Glazier's statements about "stream-ripping" and the ongoing debate over Internet radio royalties. He said webcasters should want to work to find a piracy solution before it becomes a bigger problem.
But the Digital Freedom folks said his request amounted to "calling for the implementation of a burdensome, costly, and completely unnecessary technology by webcasters who play and promote the artists the RIAA claims to represent."
"The specific issue at hand is not commercial piracy, but rather fair use of legally recorded music for personal use, which is perfectly legal," said campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Stoltz. What Glazier suggested "is a costly solution without even a hint of a problem" and would be "an imposition on both webcasters and consumers," she added.
For more information, read Glazier's comments in the recent Technology Daily article and the Tech Daily Dose blog post.
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