STRIKING BACK.

Focuses on the anti-piracy campaign of Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), to stop internet music downloaders. Scrutinization of the RIAA's legal battles; Sherman's pride in his anti-piracy crusade; Study of the possibility of suing individual consumers of internet music; Attempts to shut down websites that facilitate piracy; Challenge of minimizing negative publicity; Announcement that file sharers would be sued; Filing of the first suits on September 8, 2003; Amnesty program allowing those who have offered music illegally to avoid liability by signing an affidavit promising to stop downloading music.