Conference on the Public Domain - Record Companies and the Internet

Cary Sherman

November 9, 2001

Cary Sherman provides a perspective on RIAA and its position regarding the issues discussed at the Conference on the Public Domain. Topics include record companies and the Internet; record companies and consumers; delivery mechanisms; music catalog; types of downloads; streaming; the need for technical security; the impact of technical security on fair use; measures against Internet piracy.

Cary Sherman is Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel to the Recording Industry Association of America. Formerly a senior partner and head of the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group of Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., he has devoted his professional career to copyright and related issues.