Cary Sherman, President of RIAA, on campus file-sharing
“We are appreciative of our partners in the university community and all they have done in recent years to tackle the problem of digital piracy at campuses across the country. Despite the progress achieved by our collaborative efforts, this remains an ever-evolving problem. We cannot ignore the growing misuse of campus LAN systems or the toll this means of theft is taking on our industry. As we prioritize our focus on campus LAN piracy in the coming year, we hope administrators will take this opportunity to fully evaluate their systems and take action to stop theft by all means."

John W. Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association
"Like all other segments of the music industry, our album sales have been affected by the ongoing music piracy…… We, meaning the industry, parents and spiritual leaders, need to do a better job educating the hearts and minds of young people to the basic biblical principle, 'thou shalt not steal.'" committed by consumers"

Lauren Keiser, President, Music Publishers Association
“Our members take great pride in the products they create and sell, and in their relationships with the creators and owners of the music they publish. Moreover, the creation and distribution of legitimate sheet music and tablature products is how our members and their employees feed their families, and it is also how music retailers and, of course, the creators of the music earn a living.”

CARY SHERMAN: PRESIDENT IRAA Testimony to the congress
"Already, P2P systems, such as i2hub, have been set up on Internet 2, facilitating the abuse of advanced networking technology to illegally distribute copyrighted works for free. The speed of these networks—up to thousands of times faster than ordinary Internet networks—allows users to obtain copyrighted movies in minutes and music in seconds. Further, the closed nature of these networks, being available only to those engaged in academia, makes it more difficult for copyright owners to protect their works and to notify responsible parties of their infringement."

Dan Glickman, MPAA Chairman and CEO
“The film industry is a thriving economic engine that generates jobs and exports in countries all over the world. We are calling on governments internationally to continue to work with us in limiting the impact of piracy on local economies and the film industry.”

Mike Ellis, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, MPA
“Within hours of the illegally camcording of a film from a theater screen, countless digital copies are available for download via Internet and hard copies are being burned onto DVDs for resale, costing the film industry worldwide billions of dollars every year.”