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RIAA CEO Hilary Rosen to Become CNBC Commentator

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the changing-of-the-guard dept.

alen writes "According to a story by the New York Post the CEO of the RIAA is stepping down. She is going to be an anchor on CNBC. Maybe this is going to signal a change in the way record companies think about file sharing?"

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  1. Re:Fat chance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This has been beaten to death in the past couple of days, especially in regard to SCO and the GPL.

    However, the duplicity of the Slashdot crowd in regards to the GPL and music copyright is pretty confusing.

    The GPL is allowed to stand (despite for all intents and purposes it is an admission into the public domain of code contained under it) because of strong copyright laws. If you want to use the code, you MUST abide by the restrictions of the GPL license, despite how generous or onerous they may be.

    Now when it comes to music and copyright holders try to assert their rights under copyright law, those same GPL proponents all of a sudden become staunch anti-copyright zealots.

    Why should music be public domain and freely available if software (also easily copied and distributed) can be held down under a license?

    I understand that Slashdot is a hydra when it comes to points of view, but the overwhelming theme of this site's comments are in support of the GPL and against the enforcement of copyright law. This simply doesn't add up.