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Democrats Appoint RIAA Shill For Convention

Posted by kdawson on from the what-were-they-thinking dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to Boing Boing for a report that "the Director of Communications for the RIAA, Jenni Engebretsen, has been appointed Deputy CEO for Public Affairs for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver." The DNC site has the official press release. Cory Doctorow notes that the RIAA is the most hated "corporation" in America, having beaten out Halliburton and Wal-Mart for the honor, and writes for the DNC's attention, "This represents a potential shear with the left-wing blogosphere."

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  1. Re:We Don't Hate The RIAA by twistedsymphony · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have to seriously question if the RIAA (at least the legal department) is genuinely fighting in the interests of the artists or if they're fighting in the interests of the content owners (rarely the same people).

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  2. Vote for Ron Paul instead by opieum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He may be republican, but it is evident he at least has the country's best intrest at heart. He is republican. BUT If you are looking at that instead of what he stands for, then all you have proven is how close minded and ignorant you truly are regardless of party. I am SOOOOOO tired of party politics. Ron Paul seems to be too. ronpaul2008.com you can read up a little bit about him there and in many other places. I have typically voted democrat, but since the way things have been in the last few years it almost seems like voting for the lesser of two evils. Now that the RIAA is aligned with the Dems and all other corporate interests are aligned with Reps, I am not interested in voting for the front runners. All I see are candidates raising millions for private jets and all that crap that they dont need. Ron Paul is running mainly on the internet with limited advertising. Not because of lack of money, but because he sees all the candidates doing these outlandish things with the money that is useless to the overall campaign. It is all flash and no substance. Anyways look him up. (the smart ./ will actually read up on him outside of ./ the ones who will flame me here well you will likely not have read anything about him beyond the link I posted)

  3. Re:I just entered a maddox-like rage... by alienmole · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's all very well, but you ignore the latest blogobuzz at your own peril!