U.S. Is Only the Tip of Pirated Music Iceberg

U.S. Is Only the Tip of Pirated Music Iceberg: "RUSSELS, Sept. 25 — Hang around any schoolyard in Germany or college campus in Indonesia and it becomes clear that the recording industry's problems with the illegal online distribution of music in the United States pale beside the rampant piracy that goes on overseas.
From factories in Taiwan and Eastern Europe that churn out counterfeit CD's to teenagers in Scandinavia and Singapore who download songs from the Internet and 'burn' them on to blank discs, the line between legitimate and pirated music has all but vanished in many countries."

Reason N why the RIAA's approach is destined for failure. A better approach is not only called for, but absolutely necessary.

There are some very start lines in what should and should not be allowed, and when the creator of a work needs to be compensated. The RIAA, and others, have taken a hard line that will only lead to thier own backs being broken. But there is a real issue here, and not everyone on my side of the fense will allow that.

90% piracy rates in countries with over a billion people might be a place to start.

Globally there is also the issue of questioning the necessity of strict copyright. If an artist is given the incentive to create solely based on local market rules (copyright), how does the international market-place, and controls there-on, affect a person's desire to produce and be compensated fairly for that production?