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Politics : The Castle

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To: Joe NYC who wrote (653)11/25/2002 7:28:06 PM
From: TimF   of 7936
 
RIAA chief Rosen loses Oxford
debate on P2P
By John Lettice
Posted: 27/10/2002 at 16:13 GMT

RIAA chairmam* and CEO Hilary Rosen suffered a
heavy defeat at the Oxford Union last week, when
the motion she was proposing, "This House believes
that the free music mentality is a threat to the future
of music," was rejected by 256 votes to 72. The
Oxford Union, you may recall, is the debating club
that produces top politicians, and where once upon a
time toffs voted against fighting for King and Country.
So Hilary and her camp (Jay Berman of the
International Federation of Phonographic Industries,
and Chris Wright of Chrysalis) may have incorrectly
anticipated the audience being rich enough to disdain
P2P....

theregister.co.uk
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