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: Recording Industry vs The PeopleRIAA spends $1.5 million on lobbying in first quarter of 2008
By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman
According to Steve Meyer at Disc & D.A.T., the RIAA spent $1.5 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2008 alone. By my calculations that's $6 million per year.
[Ed. note. Apparently, since they can't win fair fights in open court, they are taking the fight to the back rooms, where pesky defendant's lawyers aren't allowed. -R.B.]
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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).
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