Hilary Rosen Will Step Down As RIAA Head

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.

Comments

Re:Good - or bad?

[trotski]

I vote irrelevent, you insensitive clod!

Seriously though, I don't see how this makes a big difference as to how the RIAA is run. The decisions are made directly by the members of the RIAA, Hillary Rosen is little more than a spokesperson/figurehead. Honestly, I concider this somewhat of a non issue.

Of course who knows, maybe they'll elect someone cool, like Axel Rose for example instead of an MBA monkey who wouldn't know music if it bit him/her in the bottom.

I'm disappointed...

[TheShadow]

/. is definately going down hill... 328 comments so far an still no "In Soviet Russia..."

At least we got the ASCII goatse.cx picture to give us a sense of normalcy.