Statement by RIAA's Cary Sherman

on Felten Lawsuit (June 6, 2001)

Professor Felten's decision to sue the RIAA and the SDMI Foundation is inexplicable. We have unequivocally and repeatedly stated that we have no intention of bringing a lawsuit against Professor Felten or his colleagues. It seems that the professor, or the Electronic Frontier Foundation, would have preferred that we sue in order to keep their publicity machine running. Since we've said we have no issue with the publication of the Felten paper, they now resort to suing us to keep this issue alive.

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See also EFF's response to this rather implausible denial.

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