Who’s running the RIAA?
p2p news / p2pnet: Who’s in charge of the RIAA, these days? Or to put it another way: have RIAA bosses Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman been ousted?
Wired News carries a Q&A with another ex-RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) boss, Hilary Rosen in which Eliot Van Buskirk asks:
“What advice you would give to (current RIAA head) Jonathan Lamy?”
Current RIAA head?
He signed on as the RIAA’s director of communications in 2002 and is sometimes quoted in the lamescream media.
One of Lamy’s more memorable utterances came after the RIAA accused an 83-year-old grandmother of being a p2p file sharer. To make things worse, she was a deceased 83-year-old grandmother.
“We will now, of course, obviously dismiss this case,” quoth Lamy.
When was he elevated, though?
The RIAA recently announced the apointment of another Bain, Scott, as vp of legal affairs, but no mention was made of Lamy’s supersedence over Bainwol and Sherman and when we went to the RIAA site for a tongue-in-cheek look, Mitch was still listed as the headman with Cary as president.
Digg this.
Also See:
Wired News -Hilary Rosen: Singing a New Song?, July 10, 2006, July 10, 2006
Hilary Rosen – Hilary Rosen’s fancy footwork, July 10, 2006
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July 10th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
hehehe
or maybe hilary never left and shes pulling the strings in the bacground
July 11th, 2006 at 11:27 am
I thought Dean Garfield ran RIAA?
July 11th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
It’s probably a misprint.
July 11th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
He runs the MPAA
July 11th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
I thought you might enjoy watching this video on bolt.com, called “Do Not Disconnect” – http://www.bolt.com/bolt/video/1347477 – it’s a satire aimed at the RIAA’s ineffectual attempts to thwart people from doing web karaoke.
The RIAA recently targeted YouTube.com for hosting certain music videos. If/when they turn their sights to Bolt, we’ll oblige their requests to remove any unlicensed content, but we’ll replace it with our version of the story! Check out our reply to NBC’s recent cease and desist letter which required Bolt to remove “Lazy Sunday” and was promptly replaced with Hazy Monday http://www.bolt.com/bolt/video/769256.
And while we were at it – until a verdict has been reached on whether people should-or-should not do web karoake, we compiled the Top 10 List of the Best Songs to Lip Sync To!
Top 10 Songs to Lip Sync To
10. Tiny Dancer, Elton John
9. Wake Up, Chop Suey
8. Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeplin
7. I Will Always Love you, Whitney Houston
6. Yesterday, The Beatles
5. Don’t Stop Believing, Journey
4. Hotel California, The Eagles
3. Welcome to the Jungle, Guns & Roses
2. I Want it That Way, The Back Street Boys
AND…. The number one song of all time to lip sync to
1. Pieces of Me, Ashlee Simpson
July 12th, 2006 at 7:07 am
I thought Jack Valenti ran RIAA?