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April 22, 2015 04:28 am
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Copyright For Sale: What the Sony Docs Say About MPAA Buying Political Influence
An anonymous reader writes: The linkage between political funding and the majorcopyright lobby groups is not a new issue as for years there havebeen storiesabout how groups like the MPAA and RIAA fund politicians thatadvance their interests. Michael Geist digsinto the Sony document leak to see how the MPAA coordinateswidespread buying of politicians with political funding campaignsled by former Senator Christopher Dodd to federal and statepoliticians. The campaigns include efforts to circumvent donationlimits by encouraging executives to spend thousands on influentialpoliticians, leading to meetings with Barack Obama, the head ofthe USTR and world leaders.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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