It seems a disparity has been noticed in what the RIAA are saying in public and what their international arm (IFPI) are saying.
http://www.p2p-blog.com/index.php?itemid=476RIAA president Cary Sherman has said his organization isn't interested in goverment-mandated copyright filters on the ISP level. CNet news quotes Sherman with the words:"I don't think anyone here is trying to re-legislate this issue. We're much more interested in finding a marketplace way of going about this."
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which is an affiliate of and to a large degree has the same members as the RIAA , has called for legal and political action in its latest Digital Music Report. The report reads:
"IFPI and its affiliates are discussing with ISPs in many countries a system for curbing mass copyright infringement on their networks. Many countries are now progressing towards concrete steps by ISPs in this area. However, the recording industry is prepared to use the courts where voluntary collaboration fails."
This looks like the usual "hedging your bets" fall back position for the RIAA if their plans to steamroller throught anti filesharing laws fail, of course the fact that they think filesharers will just sit idle and wait for the storm to hit are purely events occuring only in their dreams.
