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Incoming Recording Industry Chief Targets Piracy

In this Q&amp;A with <i>Internet Law &amp; Strategy</i>'s ALM affiliate <i>The Am Law Daily</i>, Cary Sherman ' the new CEO of the RIAA ' discusses what lies ahead for the famously litigious organization as it continues its fight against widespread copyright infringement.

13 minute read August 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
By
Jan Wolfe
Incoming Recording Industry Chief Targets Piracy

In September, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gets a new leader, with Mitch Bainwol stepping down after eight years as CEO to make way for Cary Sherman, who has been the group's president for the past 10 years after serving a previous stint as its general counsel.

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