THE ARRANGER RESPONDS TO THE BORED MOTHER'S INNITIATIVE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER [READ BELOW].

THE BORED MOTHER THANKS THE ARRANGER FOR THIS RESPONSE WHICH SHE TRANSLATES [RAPIDLY] TO ENGLISH [original response in norsk here] BECAUSE SHE FEELS THAT THE ARRANGER MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND FEMALES COMPETENT IN TAKING PART IN THIS DEBATE OUTDSIDE NORWAY. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IF NO NORWEGIAN-BASED PARTICIPANTS COULD BE FOUND ???????

SHAREDAY has received critisism from several parties regarding the lack of particpatory women. This is no new conflict area: men only find men, whereas women find both men and women.
This unequal gender balance is a problem that the arrangers have been unable to resolve. Had more active female debate participants existed, they would of course have been invited.

Lena Midtveit (BMG) is of course invited, but declined the invitation. The representative from TONO could have for example been a woman, namely Inger Elise Mey, but TONO has also found it most appropriate to refrain from participating.
[SHAME ON THEM]
Apart from these two, the participation of women in this debate as portrayed by the media has been weak.
Therefore the question can be turned upside down:
Are women ambivalent to issues surrounding the legal aspects of ownership/copyright?
Where are women when questions about copright, filesharing and copying are discussed?

WOMAN SUES OVER COPY-PROTECTED CDs
[Richard Menta, mp3 newswire.net, 9.08.01]

NO NAPPING:)
"Our advice? Get it while you can"
…said SMILE AND ACT NICE:COM in 2000

ON THE RECORD
"RIAA chief Hilary Rosen defends the music industry's recent litigation against Napster and MP3.com."
[Janelle Brown, Salon, 2000]

When one refers to women actively engaged in copyright issues, one usually falls upon widows of dead composers or popstars .....

FREE CD'S ? IT'S A WOMENS THING!
"A public health expert and other prominent speakers deplored Philip Morris' latest move to entice young girls to smoke: the "Woman Thing" music campaign where girls get "free" CD's by buying two packs of Virginia Slims cigarettes." [American Council on Health and Science, 1977]

There are some women taking part in SHAREDAY, even though this isn't reflected in the program.
Jet Jaguar is mainly a female band, and Radiofetthode is run by a woman who will be playing records during the day.

- COUGH COUGH.....
The woman speakers and article writers at DEAF03 referred to previously do not, as far as I know, fit into this category ...... currently wondering if Anne Hilde Neset would have been an appropriate candidate for SHAREDAY ??????

"even though this isn't reflected in the program ....."
- MIRRORS ARE SOMETIMES DECEIVING, ARE THEY NOT?

ERMMM......
"Radiofetthode is run by a woman who will be playing records during the day"
JOLLY GOOD! - DOES SHE HAVE A NAME? ?????????