Creative Content Community Informs Top Business Leaders

October 24, 2002

Members of the creative content industries this week will send out a letter to the “Fortune 1,000” U.S. corporations urging them to take whatever steps necessary to ensure that their networks are not being misused to infringe copyrighted works.

The letter points out that piracy of music, movies and other creative works is taking place at a surprisingly large number of companies. It highlights that allowing employees to use corporate networks to illegally distribute copyrighted music and movies is no different from software piracy.

The letter is authored by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA).

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members are the music labels that comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States.

In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and music labels; conduct consumer, industry and technical research; and monitor and review state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi- Platinum™ and Diamond sales awards as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino™, an award celebrating Latin music sales.