Hilary Rosen Quotations

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.

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.

We are pleased with the court's decision today.

We remain confident that the (9th U.S. Circuit) Court will ultimately affirm once it has had an opportunity to review the facts and the law.

We're confident that the Ninth Circuit understands the severity of our claim and will uphold the decision of the U.S. Federal Court. Monday's decision may finally clear the way for the legitimate online marketplace to thrive in an environment that encourages both creativity and a respect for copyright.

If all you focus on is enforcement, you're playing whack-a-mole. That's why it's smart for the music companies to support investment in a few bigger peer-to-peers, to see if there is a business there, because in the end it's all about giving consumers what they want. There have been too many years of not enough options for consumers.

If Apple opened up their standards, they would sell more, not less,

There is no effective filtering out of copyrighted works operating now within Napster. We believe it is willful, ... Virtually all of the music that we noticed to Napster, that they claimed they have filtered out, is still available on their system.

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

It is frustrating, of course, that the tens of millions of daily (copyright) infringements occurring on Napster will be able to continue, at least temporarily,

Our list represents many different genres throughout all parts of the 20th century. And our hope is that each song will help tell a very different story,

Today's announcement does not bring an end to the court case, ... There are multiple plaintiffs in addition to BMG; and BMG itself has said that it won't withdraw its complaint against Napster until they actually implement a legitimate business model.

There are going to be some challenges with interoperability. But over the next year or two, you're going to see all the major record labels make announcements about market trials. We expect them all to be compatible with SDMI.

There are going to be some challenges with interoperability, ... But over the next year or two, you're going to see all the major record labels make announcements about market trials. We expect them all to be compatible with SDMI.

We cannot sit idly by while these services continue to operate illegally, especially at a time when new legitimate services are being launched.

Congress cannot keep pace with the marketplace, and none of us should expect them to. I may feel differently next year, but that's how I feel now.

a victory for the creative community and the legitimate marketplace.

This initiative is about the technology community developing an open security system that promotes compatible products in a competitive marketplace.

They simply go to the Internet and download it.

American music has touched everyone's lives throughout its short history,

It seems like not as much has changed in the space as we might have thought in two and a half years, while other things have dramatically changed. I think there are places where we can be of help.

It's an effort by over 120 technology and music companies to try to work together, to create the legitimate music marketplace for consumers,

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.

There's something much more fundamental about Mitt Romney. He seems so old-fashioned when it comes to women, and I think that comes across, and I think that that's going to hurt him over the long term. He just doesn't really see us as equal.

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.

This hearing was Napster's attempt to escape responsibility for aiding and abetting wide scale piracy and, not surprisingly, they lost,

This is a clear victory, ... The court of appeals found that the injunction is not only warranted, but required. And it ruled in our favor on every legal issue presented.