RIAA offshores its snooping

Many were delighted to see RIAA sheath the sword it's brandished against downloaders, promising to lighten-up and go back to helping the Music industry get a life. Now comes word from WSJ that RIAA is offshoring its file-snooping to Copenhagen-based DtecNet Software. Could it be because RIAA's previous investigation-prior-to-litigation vendor, MediaSentry (SafeNet), had itself become a bit of a lightning rod for rights issues? Meanwhile, MusicRow mag reports that illegal downloading continues to rise, and legal downloading is doing well, as exemplified by Nashville dowload site NoiseTrade.