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I thought I'd throw this in here, too. These are the sponsors of SOPA and PIPA, and how much they received for it: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111203/00
by nextparadigms 15y ago
I thought I'd throw this in here, too. These are the sponsors of SOPA and PIPA, and how much they received for it:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111203/00494716961/some-data-how-much-big-media-firms-are-donating-to-sopapipa-sponsors.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111203/00494716961/some-d...
- darrenkopp 15y agoThat's awesome, now we just need to figure out who the companies were. Thanks for that link.
- nextparadigms 15y agoWell there's this list of companies "supporting" SOPA, but I suspect the biggest donors were the Hollywood studios and the music labels: http://www.webpronews.com/a-list-of-sopa-supporting-companies-2011-12 http://www.webpronews.com/a-list-of-sopa-supporting-companie...
- joelhaus 15y agoThere is another mechanism used to incentivize support for ill-conceived policies: promises of cushy, high-pay lobbying jobs for officials and members of their staff. I imagine this would only be uncovered ex-post facto. Here's a nauseating example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tauzin#Career_as_a_lobbyist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Tauzin#Career_as_a_lobbyi...
- etcet 15y agoLook at the MPAA and it's current CEO, Chris Dodd, who voted for the DMCA in 1998.