Rosen To Step Down As RIAA Chairman


Hilary Rosen has announced that she will step down as chairman/CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) at the end of 2003. "I have young children, and I want to devote more of my time to them," she says in a statement. "This has been an extremely difficult decision, but I know it is the right one for my family." Rosen joined the Washington, D.C.-based trade group 17 years ago and was named to her current post in 1998.

The RIAA board will conduct a formal search for a replacement over the next several months. RIAA president Cary Sherman will remain in his current position and is expected to serve on the search committee.

The news comes a day after the RIAA won a landmark lawsuit against Internet service provider Verizon, which was ordered by a U.S. District Court judge to identify a subscriber who had illegally made more than 600 copyrighted music files available over the Internet. Rosen spearheaded these kinds of proactive anti-piracy efforts, which also included high-profile lawsuits against Internet file- swapping sites Napster and KaZaA.

-- Carolyn Horwitz, N.Y.

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I guess she's thinkin', "My work is done here."

Bitch.

I nominate Bill Evans as her replacement.

DM article 6000, as well. Two milestones in one. heh

Aw shoot I was gonna post this under Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.....

Man, I'm sure they'd welcome someone from here as the new CEO. I think the congressmen should make a new bill allowing minors to serve in a position of authority.

But seriously, if someone with their sanity still intact was elected CEO, that would be the day I would love. But of course, since there are obvious flaws to elect someone if the whole system is rigged, we all know that wont happen.

Me to Head the Recording Industry Asshats of America? Naa I don't think so...But let's not celebrate too much, The previous CEO was Jay Berman, who moved to the IFPI, help to co-write the WIPO and severed as an intellectual property advisor to the WIPO. Mitch Glzier comes to mind as a possible replacement, whose ethics are right up there (I guess I should say down there) with The Hilary.

Has anyone noticed that there have been shake ups at every major label at the top in recent months? Emi, Sony, Warner, BMG, and Vivendi. Either the mood is changing or we can count on more agressive tactics and behaviour from the labels and the RIAA. Remember the RIAA is the hitman for the major labels, the labels set the agenda, NOT THE RIAA or Hilary.

Ding Dong the FAT BITCH IS DEAD

She's capable of having a family??? Sorry that one just kind of sneaked out. I just never imagine someone so inhumane could be human after all. My apologies if that offended anyone.

She and her "life partner" adopted twins a couple of years ago....

I've been singin' "Ding Dong the witch is dead" all day long........

Thanks thumbtack, I knew something didn't add up right. My universe now makes sense again. Too bad for those twins.

There has to be more to this story. No one in the industry has been more maligned. She was forced out! Ta;l about a PR nightmare. They are going to have to find someone that at least "pretends" to care about the consumer..... The RIAA needs to put a new spin on things, quickly.

Rosie O'Donnell? They seem like the perfect match.



sorry Rosie but you better believe it.

$100 bucks to the person who brings me her children's toes.

xero, add my $100 to this cause.

Until then, listening to a 320kbps mp3 of the StarWars Return of the Jedi Victory theme.

The children exscuse is alwase the popular one for somone that they want to get rid of. I think that the other members of RIAA realized that there just shooting themselves in the foot, and tha tby steping down now before they cause more damage is the best.

but, hey, seems the bitch was right: piracy DOES cost jobs.
What a creative way to prove her point.

one too many donuts i'm guessing

My Nomiees for Replacing Hilary:

1) Shawn Fanning - Former Developer of Napster
2) Michael Robertson - Former CEO MP3.com
3) Bill Evans - Writer, Boycott-RIAA.com
4) Steve Griffin - CEO Streamcast Networks
5) Janis Ian - Musician
6) Lawerence Lessig - Law Professor
7) Fred Von Lohmann - Lawyer for EFF
Nikki Hemming - CEO of Sharman Networks
9) Bono - U2
10) Danlee Mitchell - Music Professor - San Diego State University

With respect to StephenHinkle's list, I'd say that 10-gallon ego Garth Brooks would be more likely to get the RIAA chairman's job than any of the 10 names S.H. cited. Because Mr. Brooks's agenda (i.e. his past call for outlawing the selling of used discs) is, needless to say, more in tune with the RIAA's anti-consumer, anti-technology vendetta than the likes of Fanning, Ian, Lessig et al., who to the Rosen-Sherman-Glazier trifecta from H*** are collectively the devil incarnate.

I'm not saying that Garth will be named chairman, and I for one certainly wouldn't want him to be even considered; it's that he would be a more likely candidate for their purposes, judging from the facts and how they operate. Besides, he hasn't had a hit album in who knows how long. . . .

oh come on W...everyone loved that Chris Gaines albumn! lol

One More Nominee,

Jenny Toomey from Futureofmusic.org

W-B, maybe that lack of hit albums has given him a little humility back, like he was before he became rich and famous. I literally bumped into him in the Wal-Mart in Mustang OKlahoma once, and he seemed like a reallly nice person, this was about the time he started getting airplay, and before the millions of albums were sold. I was really confused by his stance on used CDs when he made the statements, he was one of the first to jump the major label ship and do it himself. He has his own label (though distributed by the majors ) I've seen him live since he got famous, and he is entertaining to say the least.

Maybe Tom Petty? *duck N run*..just my two cents.. btw.. MrXero.. do the feet still have to be IN the shoes??
ttmmm

I wonder if any of Mrs. Rosen children are budding musicians? Hopefully she will steer them clear of any infringments. On a less serious note, I will make an application for her post. Hopefully they will let me in for an interview. Oh I can't take it anymore.....
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
I hope your kids have as much fun playing with you as we did Bon Fortuna Monkeygirl
YEr PAL Ethan

The best thing Garth ever did is that stoopid Dr Pepper jingle.

heh, i wonder what the bitch would do if she caught her kids downloading music.

i seriously didn't no she was an L. i thought you were just joking

I heard she will be running the MPAA next month....Also she has points on all music releases for 10 years... rofl

SHE HAS KIDS!? I can't believe they allowed that dog-faced bitch to reproduce! Just think about it, at this rate, we'll have millions of Hilary Rosens filling our space and wasting good air.

well, maybe it's a good idea ... to tell those fools from RIAA that there's nothing interesting in the CEO position ... Just to send them an excerpt of our word attacks upon Hitlery Rosen ... And it might make any of them less willing to take this position ...

Hi kids,

I'm very sad to say that my time as the chairman of the RIAA has come to an end. I want to express my gratitute for your everlasting support and love. Although we had our differences, I think our relationship has always been a good, constructive and very rewarding one.

Gosh, It seems as it was just yesterday some of you pissed on my pictures, terrorized me over the phone late nights and threatened to kill me and my family!

Please, no tears. Just remember the fun times we had, the moments we shared. God bless you all! God bless America!

PS. I plan to return to the adult entertainment industry. If you need a mature, confident and hot women, don't hesitate to contact me! I do facials, gang bangs, anal, lesbian, scat, golden showers etc etc!


Love,
Hilary
wide_open@corp-slutz.com

I love you too!!

finally she is going to leave...
i second milladrive's motion i also support Bill Evans as her replacement.

i third that motion.

Another reason why I suspect that Mr. Fanning, in particular, won't even be considered for any position in the RIAA -- not even the position of dog-catcher -- was that his having founded the "hated arch-enemy" Napster apparently all but disqualifies him from any role in the RIAA. I bring this up, because what we'd like to see happen and what is more likely to happen are two different animals -- and I, being more of a realist, see what's more likely to happen.

Besides, they have far too much at stake in their anti-consumer, anti-technology vendetta to even consider either Mr. Fanning's name or any of the others.

I'd like to nominate Michael Nesmith for the position. He's a bright guy, technologically aware, and not terribly busy these days.

I'd also like to see critiques of Ms. Rosen's work within the RIAA that have nothing to do with critiques of her look or orientation. But hey, I'm a dreamer that way ...

hey hilary, where ever you are, I would like to take a big steamy dump on your face, but I'm afraid you might enjoy it.

...what?! she has young children? call the cops, quick! before she rapes/kills/eats them!

spica, wrong. rapes/eats/rapes/kills

Come on guys

Lets show her a bit of support from the file sharing crew. She's been our punch bag for so long, she deserves some respect.. LETS UNITE FOR THE BITCH!!!!

http://www.uniteforhilary.tk

I think it is time to point out that Hilary is nothing but the lightning rod, to protect the house of the major labels, hate the house not the lightning rod that is where the true evil is. Can you name the head of one major label? I doubt it. RIAA never put out one piece of music, never overcharged an artist for anything, never let go of a million selling artist for "lack of sales", but in fact were the mouthpiece for Sony, BMG, Vivendi, AOL Time Warner, and EMI and their subsidiaries. Direct your wrath toward them, don't buy music on their labels, support independent music, support artists who leave majors to go independent, It is time to wake up the labels, by strong consumer action, tell your radio stations you don't want to hear major label music, but local independents give them a list, ask your local music retailers where the independent section is, and be sure to tell them you don't plan on buying major label music.

Actually, my characterization of Ms. Rosen would be more likely of the "useful idiot" variety, in that context -- that is, she bought the whole party line hook, line and sinker, and thus she was able to survive as long as she had (and I am aware that to some, her physique was the ultimate symbol of the selfishness, greed, contempt and fat-cat arrogance of the recording industry towards the consumer that has increasingly manifested its ugly face since she arose to the position which she is now leaving). Furthermore, it is because of this simple fact about that law-unto-itself that is the RIAA as elaborated by 'thumbtack' that I made the kind of analyses that I had about probable and possible replacements, and why none of the people mentioned (especially those like Shawn Fanning or Michael Robertson) would even be remotely considered, let alone seriously considered, by the RIAA "brain" trust. And if they were, it is more likely that if any of them were picked, they would make a complete ideological 180-degree turn from their "former" stances and screw the consumer at every corner and alley as surely as Ms. Rosen had and as current RIAA prexy Cary Sherman is.

Also, it occurred to me that in a way, the RIAA (and the other alphabet-soup lobbies -- MPAA, IFPI, BSA et al.) is kind of like a Broadway play -- the individual players may change with the years, but the overall structure remains the same -- written in stone, if you will.

You've got to sometimes wonder as to why CEOs quit their position. Pressure from some other source perhaps? Whether its from Political or Business, they have no choice but to do as they are told or be in a worst position.

Salon has an article that interviewed the fatcat executivs who left the pressure tank (or were forced out by the stink). I cannot read the whole thing, becuz Salon has gone to complete subscription model. The article claims that great reglief felt by those guys who bailed out with a billion dollar parachute. No remedy by stockholdders of course.

The people around here in LA music business are check-summing each other to find out the rationale behind Hilary leaving or whether Sony executives found her finally to be an emabarrassment and got rid of her.. I will know more tomorrow, I'll let you know. It would be coolif journalists did their job and stopped focusing on non-issues.

Two thoughts, and mark me well, O Brothers, I am never wrong.
Here we go:

(1) The RIAA did something unspeakable yesterday in another underhanded despicable method. Any belief on part of the appeasers who wish to move the business forward in the Rodney King model (Can't we get along?") will once again draw the scorn and wrath of the slash/dot millions.

Here we go friends, I wil draw out a paranoid fantasy for you, and not one of you can deny the plausibility thereof. Keep your eyes peeled for another backroom deal next week, of which no one can appeal for justice.

Bush declares war next week. Glazier manages to insert emergency legislation that links security holes (file-sharing) to the Sedition Act. All rules of Constitutional due process are suspended. You may think that is paranoid, but it was attempted immediately three times after 9/11 in secret midnight clauses to other unrelated acts.

(2)
Hilary has already testified in Congress and made the effort to link poronography and exposure to children through filesharing. Hilary and Valenti have long histories of fighting censorship befgore Congress, my gut tells me, the deal is being negotiated to horse-trade censorship against file sharing.

Michael Copps, the democrat in the FCC, (who has stalemated Michael Powell,) is in the grips of the lunatic fringe of the religious right,as are Hatch and McCain. The trade would involved deregulation of media ownership in exchange for family values control of content.

Ashcroft and Bush make no effort whatsover to make nice public relations over the breakneck rush to throw out Row vs Wade, or prayer in schools, hracial profiling, affirmative action, pharamaceutical buyoffs, tort deform, or porno filtering in libraries. Mark my words, censorship in rock music will be the trade-off for p2P criminaliztion and the rape of anonymity and privacy. I would guess with good authority that Hilary got out in time for the trade of censorship against shutting down P2P.

The RIAA is against cencorship. Theres a section of their website devoted to their fight against it. The problem here is that they are only against cencorship when they are being censored. They have cencored or tried to censor a few things themselves, such as the SDMI vulnerability report. They actually dont care either way about cencorship, except for when music is being cencored because because that costs them money. If they are forced to cencor music they cant use the "dirty rapper deviant" appeal thats so popular now. No more eminem ranting about sex and drugs. They fight laws which might cencor their music, but otherwise ignore the issue. They dont have any moral oppinion, they just dont want to lose any money.