RIAA seizures up in '92
"Over the last year, we've really seen the RIAA's anti-piracy program come into its own," org president Jay Berman said.
"During 1992, all of our new programs began to jell and complement each other, allowing us to target all tiers of the illegal sound recording industry."
Frank Creighton, RIAA coordinator of investigative operations, said the org was "clearly making a major impact at the manufacturing level. The reason we were able to stop almost a million counterfeit cassettes from being sold in the New York metropolitan area is because we took out many of the big manufacturers, which directly affects street-level activity."
RIAA reported the seizure of more than 2.5 million counterfeit cassettes in 1992, an 80% increase over 1991.
While lauding RIAA efforts, industryites generally concede that counterfeiting remains a major problem.
