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July
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RIAA Watch
No, No Bono
By BILL GLAHN
[Editors' Note: With the RIAA
declaring a jihad on music listeners and Senator Hatch threatening
to blow up the computers of music swappers, we asked one of our
favorite music industry critics, Bill Glahn, to write an irregular
column for us on the music industry's rampages. JSC/AC]
When Hilary Rosen announced in January that she
would be stepping down as head honcho of the RIAA at the end
of the year, the spin was that she wanted to spend more time
with her children. Since then she has announced a new career
with CNBC in which she will appear on no less than three political
talk shows and provide coverage of the 2004 elections. That's
a taxing schedule by any measure. So much for the kids.
Ah, but let's be fair. Rosen's recent
profile has been low key by her normal standards, leaving a bevy
of underlings to handle the press' questions regarding the RIAA's
recent announcements that they intend to alienate music fans
on a massive scale. Maybe she is easing into the role
of proud papa, at least until she gets her TV gig going.
The speculation over Rosen's replacement
at the RIAA got a fresh injection recently when a spokeswoman
for Republican Congresswoman Mary Bono told the Associated Press
that the CEO job at the RIAA would be the "perfect job"
for Bono. No doubt. A couple of years ago the Human Rights Campaign
gave Bono a dismal nine percent positive vote rating. Nothing
about her voting record has changed since. Rosen's assessment
of Bono? "I think she's great."
Judging by Rosen's attempts to stifle
culture, not only in the U.S. arena, but throughout the globe,
that assessment is not surprising. On another level, however,
it is. Part of Mary Bono's voting record includes a vote against
same sex partnerships and a vote against gay adoptions. Rosen's
family incorporates both. Rosen has earned a reputation as a
team player, but apparently that doesn't include the "home"
team.
Bono has since denied any serious pursuit
of the RIAA job. Not that they would hire her anyway. She's too
valuable to them right where she is. She's already bought. The
entertainment industry is her single largest campaign contributor.
It's already paying dividends.
Bono has a reputation as being a follower,
not a leader. While she frequently votes as a staunch conservative,
she rarely initiates legislation. That could be changing. She
has recently formed a Congressional caucus on intellectual property
rights which, considering her close ties to the industry (her
personal income is largely dependent on royalties from late husband
Sonny Bono's compositions and recordings) will probably end up
introducing legislation giving the death penalty for unauthorized
downloads. Or maybe extending copyrights to 5 millenniums before
they enter the public domain.
Considering the RIAA's top priority,
Internet "piracy", a more logical candidate for the
job of CEO might be Frank Creighton, the head of the organization's
anti-piracy division and a loyal policeman for that organization
since 1985. But Creighton has shown little in the way of political
savvy and mainly serves as the organization's media face (a handsome
and accomplished speaker when the cameras are on). My money is
on lobbyist Mitch Glazier, who has experience at getting the
RIAA's agenda turned into law under cover of darkness. He comes
from the same cesspool that launched Rosen's career. He's an
accomplished bagman. But for now, the RIAA aren't giving any
clues.
Bill Glahn
is the author of Piss
On It!: the Best of Live Music Review, to be published
this fall by BigO Books. He can be reached at: live@positech.net
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