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October 14, 2006
RIAA and MPAA Merger Announced
Apparently, the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have merged to form the Music And Film Industry Association of America™, Inc. (MAFIAA)
As a part of the merger, the RIAA has agreed to drop all pretention of actually representing artists and stick to representing the record companies as they have been throughout their fight against online music piracy. The MPAA has always been rather up-front about only representing the interests of its motion picture association members, so no such restructuring or restatement of purpose will be necessary.
The newly formed organization's first priority will be to continue the fight against fair use rights and open technological advances that do not meet with organization approval.
"Consumers should not be able to listen to any music or enjoy any movie anywhere without our approval," said Sherman.
In addition to coordination of anti-piracy efforts, a key benefit of the merger will also be reduced costs.
"We no longer have to have both the movie and music industries buying up senators and congressmen to get restrictive copyright laws passed," Glickman explained. "Now the representatives will be getting one sack of money from one organization. The cost savings to us will be tremendous."
Posted by Peenie Wallie on October 14, 2006 at 6:02 AM
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