Hilary Rosen is resigning her post as the head of RIAA and poster child for all things wrong with the music industry. I can just see the ad in the classifieds for this one:
WANTED: Motivated, dynamic individual to lead an extremely unpopular and unreasonable industry organization. Will be responsible for overseeing well-financed heavy-handed attempts to undermine innovation, changing market conditions, and the public domain. Must demonstrate a willingness to thanklessly protect the cushy egotistical existence of industry executives and absurd profit margins gained from bleeding of consumers and the suppression of artists and creativity. Must be able to make unwavering absurd statements, arguments and other forms of verbal cow dung with a straight face at all times. Experience in creatively distorting ("spinning") overwhelming contrary market data a must have. Previous experience working for Microsoft's marketing, public relations or legal teams a plus. Applicants with a conscience or shred of honor need not apply. The ability to operate without sleep at night is helpful, but not required. Applicants are requested to submit an essay not to exceed 1000 words on the topic of why consumers are clueless and ignorant bunch of pirates that are destroying free markets. Resumes can be submitted to poor.us@riaa.org. Please do not call. Due to the high volume of submissions expected, we will not be able to individually respond to each submission. Don’t contact us, we’ll contact you.
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