Hilary Rosen Quotes

• Working moms, stay at home moms, they’re both extremely hard jobs.

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• When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don’t think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn’t want their ATM machines lifted.

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• We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people’s property. The Internet has very little to do with this.

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• Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

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• This is a business built on promotion. We’ve been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

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• There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don’t think anyone wants to hold all of this stuff in a vault and not let anybody have it. It’s only worth something once it’s popular.

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• There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it’s talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that.

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• The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users.

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• The innovation is going to come, and that is good for everybody.

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• The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that’s OK.

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• The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

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• Our profile was pretty low, deliberately so. Our constituents were a relatively small audience.

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• Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that’s the part that’s both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I’m losing money.

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• Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans – they love their music, and want more.

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• I don’t have any illusions that what we are doing is sticking the the bottle. I don’t think that’s what we are doing. We are trying to make sure that the genie has friends, has food to eat, a way to grow.

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• For music, unlike a $500 software program, people are paying a buck or two a song, and it’s those dollars and pennies that have to add up to pay for not just the cost of that song, but the investment in the next song.

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• Everything we are doing is on the cutting edge of so many different industries and so many different interests. We’re out there in the sunshine, and it feels fine.

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• As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day.

   

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• As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

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• A protracted legislative fight will not move us closer to where the music industry wants to be – delivering music to fans through a variety of different, innovative Web sites.

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Hilary Rosen (21)

Birth:	1958
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businesswoman, Political Strategist

About

Hilary Rosen was born in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an American businesswoman, political strategist and former head of the Recording Industry Association of America. She was a columnist for The Washington Post, political director of The Huffington Post, and has provided political commentary for CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC. Since 2010, she has been a partner and managing director at the public relations firm SKDKnickerbocker. She has been a registered lobbyist and advocate for LGBT rights. She earned her bachelor's degree in international business from George Washington University in 1981.

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