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Bono (Not That Bono) Would Like To Head The RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the wink-wink-nudge-nudge dept.

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?"

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  1. More important by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...is whether she plans to resign at her old job (you know, being in the U.S. House of Representatives) before taking on a new one involving a rather obvious conflict of interest.

  2. Could it be worse? by uncoveror · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Mary Bono as head of the RIAA? Consider that she is the widow of Sonny Bono, who wanted to make copyright perpetual, after whom the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension act was posthumously named. She would likely go out of her way to kill off fair use and the public domain forever, the first sale principle is probably in her crosshairs too. Could there possibly be a worse person for the job? We could soon find ourselves missing Hilary Rosen. Boycott the recording industry. Don't buy CDs.

    More about these issues.

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  3. Can you spell payoff? by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It sounds like Bono is being paid off for her getting the Bono copyright extension act passed.
    How many of you out there are wondering when the first talk of heading up the RIAA came up as related to the timeline of the Sony Bono Copyright Act?

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  4. She's Just Wishing Out Loud by hbo · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Per the article:

    Replacing the departing chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America would be her "ideal job," spokeswoman Cindy Hartley said. She added that Bono, R-Calif., isn't actively pursuing the job and plans to run for re-election.

    And the rest of the article goes on to quote groups raising eyebrows at a congress creature wanting to be a lobbyist.


    I think Mary Bono is a threat right where she is. It's not smart, polite or useful to wish death on someone however. What we are up against is both an industry with lots of lobbying muscle, and a Government with a receptive ear, even forgetting the campaign cash. We need sustained, adroit and well-heeled lobbying of our own if we hope to counter these threats in a meaningful way. Threats and jeers just lose us credibility.

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  5. Another story about Rosen leaving by ELCarlsson · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Here's a story from Forbes. My favorite is the last paragraph. Our only problem with Rosen was the RIAA going after Napster. Umm...sure.