"Digital sales are rising at a value that is larger than the decline in physical sales" -- Mitch Bainwol, RIAA

That's just one of many thought-provoking quotes in Declan McCullagh's interview with the RIAA's Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman at News.com. McCullagh threw some tough topics at the two, and in a fairly obvious ploy to portray the conversation as consumer rights versus big business -- which always scores points with the tech crowd -- pointed out in his introduction that the two are among the highest paid lobbyists in Washington.

Other highlights: Their belief that the process of suing file sharers has been successful, their intent to leave Congress out of their disputes with satellite radios, and Sherman's belief that the fight over DRM will fade in the future.

Equal time: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's dislike of DRM is fading away. In fact, just this week the group has set up an page called The Battle for Your Digital Media Devices that details how various industries are using DRM to protect their content.