p2pnet - rss feed: New RIAA misinformation director
p2pnet.net news:- Former MPAA employee Cara Duckworth is the new RIAA misinformation director, taking over from Jenni Engebretsen who’s now the Democratic National Convention Committee’s deputy CEO, public affairs, says the Hollywood Reporter, going on:
Duckworth worked in the MPAA’s Washington office as director of communications, helping to advance the association’s communications agenda on various issues of interest to the U.S. motion picture industry, including the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and the promotion of the organization’s educational outreach directives.
“With her expertise in the entertainment industry and Capitol Hill and experience with the news media, she is the perfect match for the organization and the music industry,” RIAA senior vp communications Jonathan Lamy said.
Before joining the MPAA, Duckworth served as press secretary of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee under the chairmanship of Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.
Duckworth already has the standard entertainment cartel line down pat.
Back in January last year, Hollywood’s MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) frightened a 13-year-old into acting as a shill.
The boy, Ben Rangel, had to stand up in front of seventh- and eight-grade classmates in Milwaukee to “warn” them, “not to swap movies and music illegally”.
“We’re not trying to scare people,” said Duckworth earnestly at the time, quoted in the Racine Journal Sentinel. “What we’re trying to do is educate people and empower them with the knowledge of what is wrong and what is right.”
Also See:
taking over - Democrats hire RIAA spinster, April 13, 2007
Hollywood Reporter - RIAA adds Duckworth in publicity role, June 12, 2007
frightened a 13-year-old - MPAA pillories 13-year-old, January 27, 2006
Journal Sentinel - Teen warns about dangers of downloading, January 25, 2006
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
June 12th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
“What we’re trying to do is educate people and empower them with the knowledge of what is wrong and what is right.”
I like that little tidbit. And prey may i ask, who exactly decides what is right and wrong? Shouldn’t that be the general public, rather than corporate spin doctors?
To presume they can dictate what is right, and what is wrong is just the kind of mentality that will destroy their business completely. They are again desperately trying to assert control over how/what the masses consume.
Congratulations RIAA (warner, emi, vivendi, sony bmg etc), you are now one step closer to complete annihilation.
June 13th, 2007 at 11:50 am
“What we’re trying to do is educate people and empower them with the knowledge of what is wrong and what is right,” Duckworth said.
Assuming that this was actually said, isn’t this like giving legal advice? without being a lawyer?
June 15th, 2007 at 3:19 am
“What we’re trying to do is educate people and empower them with the knowledge of what is wrong and what is right.”
It’s really hard to believe that these smug, patronising hypocrites have this much arrogance, isn’t it?
July 19th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Well, I suppose it’s possible that Duckworth is a lawyer, and it’s also possible that the statement could be construed as morally right and wrong, in which case it’s not giving legal advice, but the statement itself is still preposterous. Thousands of dollars extorted in a non-negotiable “settlement” does nothing to educate or empower people about right vs. wrong.