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Bono (Not That Bono) Would Like To Head The RIAA
A semi-anonymous reader writes "In a suprising display of confusion over what 'public service' really means, Rep. Mary Bono wants to fill the shoes of departing RIAA chief exec Hillary Rosen while also forming a new congressional caucus on piracy and copyright issues. Political watchdog groups in Washington questioned the idea of someone being a possible job candidate for the music industry's lobby and also a founding member of a caucus focused on some of the industry's most important policy concerns. Has anyone formed a lobbying group specifically to advance the position of us little people?"
Don't buy CDs? That's just DUMB. Buy CDs, but don't buy any from the major labels. Track down the independants who sell CDs off their websites and out of guitar cases when they play a bar.
Support the artists, not the industry.
But don't buy CDs? That's like saying to not pay for software (be it shareware, off the shelf or oss through donations) because of Microsoft.
Dark Nexus
"Sanity is calming, but madness is more interesting."
Hillary never managed to get any major laws passed that I'm aware of. This chick is worse. She'll use her dead husband to help further the RIAA's agenda. She's a congresscritter, which lends clout and credibility in some circles. This is bad.