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That's awesome, now we just need to figure out who the companies were. Thanks for that link.
by darrenkopp 15y ago
That'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.