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# Hillary Rosen: First The RIAA, Now BP
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hillary-rosen-first-the-riaa-now-bp/
- Published: 2010-06-04T12:02:21.000Z
- Updated: 2010-06-04T12:02:21.000Z
- Description: From Dave Marsh of Rock & Rap Confidential "We would have thought it well nigh impossible for Democratic Party operative Hilary Rosen to find a more loathsome employer than the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/06/hillary-rosen-first-the-riaa-now-bp.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

**From** **Dave Marsh of** **[Rock & Rap Confidential](http://www.rockrap.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** 

[![image from chassen2.files.wordpress.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20134832a865c970c-200wi)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/chassen2-files-wordpress-com/2008/04/riaa2.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

"We would have thought it well nigh impossible for Democratic Party operative **Hilary Rosen** to find a more loathsome employer than the Recording Industry Association of America. Rose

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n worked for the **RIAA** from **1987 to 2003**, the last five years as executive director. Under Rosen's watch, the RIAA **launched its vicious war against music fans**, making the words "file sharer" synonymous with "criminal." Rosen **shepherded the draconian Digital Millennium Copyright Act** through Congress.  
  
And you thought you lived in a democracy."