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Ask yourself the death question

"If the RIAA eventually loses... its lobbyists likely will turn to Congress for help."

I don't think Congress will help them. I think they can see how they were mislead by the RIAA lobbyists and see what a mess things are.

Ask yourself this, if Rosen had died in 1997 would the record companies be in the mess they're in now, or would they have many successful music download sites?

I think they would have gone for it and Napster would never have happened. I suspect Rosen faulty thinking set them on the self destructive path they chose.

Same with Jack Valenti, he was lucky in the 80's that nobody listened to him. he lobbied against the VCR, Congress didn't listen. The VCR was a huge success and movie companies had a lot of Cassette sales *despite* him.

So sure there are a few in Congress who would sell their 12 year old children for campaign funds, but they're outnumbered by the people who were simply mislead and wanted to do the right thing.

But now its clear, RIAA & MPAA simply have to offer decent terms in order to sell.

Farmers really don't need to put machine guns posts around their vegetable fields in order to be able to sell vegetables! Most people are still basically honest.

RIAA should accept this with grace, try to unpick themselves from Rosen's mistakes and move on.

Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 12/19/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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