Thursday, August 10, 2006

Consumer Electronics Association lambasts the RIAA

No, I'm not going to talk about today's foiled "mass murder" plot in the UK. It's been covered everywhere, and right now I'm not really all that happy about the changes the TSA has decided to implement in response. Maybe later. In the meantime, CEA president/CEO Gary Shapiro lambasted the RIAA concerning a letter the RIAA sent to Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) about copyright issues. Shapiro said that the RIAA has avoided participating in the copy-protection technical working group because the RIAA does not want to change its business model. No surprises there!

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