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Hilary Rosen Will Step Down As RIAA Head

Posted by timothy on from the yawn dept.

Phoenix666 writes "NYT Business reports Hilary Rosen is leaving. Question is, what head will spring from the Hydra next? Could this signal a shift in the RIAA's tactics? The article reports 'Rosen's departure comes as the organization sought to soften its image among Internet consumers, many of whom viewed the RIAA -- and Rosen personally -- with antipathy over incessant pressure for crackdowns on sharing digital music over the Internet.'" A press release on the RIAA site says that Rosen will leave at the end of this year.

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  1. Ding Dong by Dolly_Llama · · Score: 5, Funny

    The witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead!

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    Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan

    1. Re:Ding Dong by MoOsEb0y · · Score: 5, Funny

      isn't that song copyrighted? I'm going to have to sue you under the DMCA... blah blah blah

    2. Re:Ding Dong by bnenning · · Score: 4, Funny
      Actually, copyrights run out after 50 or so years


      Welcome back, how was your coma?

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      How to solve most of our problems: 1.Lots of nuclear plants. 2.Cure aging.
    3. Re:Ding Dong by swschrad · · Score: 5, Funny

      "She said the RIAA board will conduct a search for her replacement." -AP

      Hey, how about Kevin Mitnick? he's availiable now.

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      if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
  2. Interview? by Muerte23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that she's stepped down, maybe she's available for a Slashdot Interview?

    But then again, maybe not. I can see the questions now...

    1. Re:Interview? by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Now that she's stepped down, maybe she's available for a Slashdot Interview?

      But then again, maybe not. I can see the questions now... "

      Look guys, she's not the enemy anymore. Let's pool our money together and send her a T-shirt or something to prove there's no hard feelings. She seems to like this one.

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      "Derp de derp."
  3. mercy by jaxle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rosen said. ``But I have young children and I want to devote more of my time to them.''

    May god have mercy on their souls.

    1. Re:mercy by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Rosen said. ``But I have young children and I want to devote more of my time to them.''"

      She's taking her kids to court. Evidentally, some bits of their DNA were copied from her own. She considers this theft so she's suing them for 1.4 billion dollars in damages. She was quoted as saying

      "All the blood they're generating is based on my own. Trillions of cells using pirated DNA are created every single month! They can't be allowed to do this. I mean, who's going to pay parents to be concieved if all it takes is a couple ordinary body parts?"

  4. Combine this with the last article by Jason1729 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Jobs for RIAA Head!

    Jason
    ProfQuotes

  5. Real reason for leaving... by Jaysyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... there is a job opening in Hell.

    Jaysyn

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    There is a war going on for your mind.
  6. My only consolation... by siskbc · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is that, when these children become teenagers, that she will be bombarded with a steady stream of the shitty music she lobbied for. What's that Hillary? You hate Brittany Spears? Too F*cking bad! You could have had diversity, but YOU didn't want it. HA!

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  7. Know your Mythology: Lesson 1: The Hydra. by Syncdata · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hilary Rosen Will Step Down As RIAA Head
    Someone be sure to cauterize the wound! Quickly, Or seven more execs will take her place!

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    "Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean
  8. Re:Good - or bad? by unicron · · Score: 4, Funny

    What your daddy meant to say, between belches of scotch, is "The devil you know is better than the devil you dont."

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    Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
  9. Only Hilary Rosen has stepped down.. by sgtsanity · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but it's the equivalent of 10 Music Industry CEOs in RIAA math.

  10. I PRESENT TO YOU SIR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The song IN MP3 FORMAT!

  11. Next head will be Celine Deon... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

    That way, /. posters will be able to flame RIAA, hammer home the blandness of mainstream music offerings and blame Canada in a single post!

    Think about it, in future you'll be able to get three on-topic posts for the price of one! Woot!

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    "Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
  12. Her kids huh? by zerofoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have young children and I want to devote more of my time to them.

    TRANSLATION: I know those brats are on Kazaa right now.

    -ted

  13. I think Pete Townshend said it best by Savatte · · Score: 5, Funny

    meet the new boss
    same as the old boss

    Then again, he also said the kids are alright, and we only now figured out what he meant. zing!

  14. Re:It's still a year... by IvyMike · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to remind everyone but it is still January of 2003

    It's just my sense of humor, but the fact that this got modded as "informative" is awesome.