In it, RIAA's vice president of Strategic Data Analysis Joshua P. Friedlander points to the shutdown of P2P service Limewire in October 2010 and evidence to suggest renewed business for legitimate download services as a result.

Here is the statement in full:

While much of last week was spent debating the language and suitability of anti-piracy legislation, on Thursday January 19th the US Justice department charged the operators of Megaupload with a host of crimes, and the site was shut ...