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Canadian Record Industry's Secret Lobby Campaign
CRIAWatch writes "Michael Geist has an editorial published in the Hill Times, a Canadian
political newsweekly, about a secret lobbying campaign by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. The report details how days after the last Canadian election CRIA lobbyists worked with officials to plan an event featuring speakers on the CRIA payroll who are promoting a DMCA for Canada, dozens of government officials from seven departments, an expensive lunch with senior government executives paid for by taxpayers, as well as a private meeting with the Canadian Heritage Minister who is responsible for copyright law."
"How do you know it's a DMCA?"
"It's got shit all over it."
"Well I didn't vote for it."
KFG
Watch out Canada! We'll make you into the United States yet!
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
> "It's got shit all over it."
> "Well I didn't vote for it."
Bloody peasant.
You don't vote for the DMCA.
Other breaking news:
I too have felt the cold finger of injustice.
For example consider the amount of money needed to win an election, ensuring all candidates are either independently wealthy or in the pockets of their campaign contributors)
Actually the cost of an election has gone way down, in America that is. Only a fraction of the money that used to be spent lying to the electorate is now necessary to bribe the programmer of the Diebold election machine. Pay off the programmer and you win: 51% to 49%, each and every time.