Despite the official withdrawal of ARIA from talks with the IIA, other organisations representing copyright owners are continuing the talks, believing them vital to the regulation of piracy on the Internet.
Australia's music industry has reiterated its determination to combat online piracy after reporting a sharp decline in recorded music sales in 2002, fuelling the intensity of a battle which has already involved a range of Internet industry players.
A survey of 200 music industry professionals has revealed a surprisingly relaxed attitude within the industry towards copyright-infringing acts such as illegal file-sharing.
The Australian Record Industry Association has continued to complain about online piracy, despite reporting unit sales increases of 12.8 percent in 2001.
Major record companies - fronted by Music Industry Piracy Investigations - have spent the year litigating against select individuals and organisations perceived to be involved in pirating music. Since this is unlikely to actually increase CD sales, what are the record companies trying to achieve?
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
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