RIAA boss Cary Sherman has come out all guns blazing against the technology industry in an op-ed piece for the New York Times, questioning whether the downfall of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills was “the result of democracy, or demagoguery”. It’s fair to say he’s not happy with Google or Wikipedia. “The hyperbolic mistruths, presented on the home pages of some of the world’s most popular Web sites, amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power,” writes Sherman. “When Wikipedia and Google purport to be neutral sources of information, but then exploit their stature to present information that is not only not neutral but affirmatively incomplete and misleading, they are duping their users into accepting as truth what are merely self-serving political declarations.” He ends with this suggestion: “We all share the goal of a safe and legal Internet. We need reason, not rhetoric, in discussing how to achieve it.” Whether the tone of Sherman’s piece is the best way to spark reasoned discussions is open to debate.