While noting BMI’s record breaking fiscal year, ArsTechnica asks:
…why is civil law being revised when the industry is seeing all time highs? Why is there an open and vicious attack on Fair Use when record companies are making more than ever?
Why do they want to spare themselves the cost of civil lawsuits against infringers by goading the Department of Justice to bring civil cases themselves? Why is it that relatively no one is discussing how the RIAA bends its statistics to wrangle for more and more support for their business model? Why is it that the RIAA wants legal rights and powers that are not even available to law enforcement? Fair Use.