Submission + - Congressman gets paid by RIAA and cuts education
An anonymous reader writes: As reported by the following article by the consumerist the congressman Tom Feeney questions:
"Is it responsible for a Congress that wants to protect intellectual property rights to continue to fund network enhancements for universities if some of those enhancements are indirectly being used in fact to promote intellectual property theft?"
This is the link: http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/worst-company- in-america/#161557
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To me it sounds rather like a schizophrenic statement:
1) The copyright was intended to promote research
2) The universities DO research
3) Tom Feeney proposes to cut research to further protect copyright
Something is really fishy here. 1000$ for such a statement are really little money... BTW if you want to spend a few minutes checking out "contributions" to politicians by lobbyist this is your page: http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/
Further down the article the Consumerist states:
"One of the ways the RIAA operates is by donating money to politicians who then enact favorable legislation on their behalf. Don't let the optimist in you believe that this doesn't work. It does."
"Is it responsible for a Congress that wants to protect intellectual property rights to continue to fund network enhancements for universities if some of those enhancements are indirectly being used in fact to promote intellectual property theft?"
This is the link: http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/worst-company
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To me it sounds rather like a schizophrenic statement:
1) The copyright was intended to promote research
2) The universities DO research
3) Tom Feeney proposes to cut research to further protect copyright
Something is really fishy here. 1000$ for such a statement are really little money... BTW if you want to spend a few minutes checking out "contributions" to politicians by lobbyist this is your page: http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/
Further down the article the Consumerist states:
"One of the ways the RIAA operates is by donating money to politicians who then enact favorable legislation on their behalf. Don't let the optimist in you believe that this doesn't work. It does."