TECH LOBBYISTS SPENDING MILLIONS
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, May 20, 2004 at 2:51 pm
CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE?
According to Wired's article entitled "Lobbysists Feel Tech Love", technology firms are spending heavily on lobbyists to impress their views on influential members of Congress relating to copyright, patent, and digital rights technology. Overall, the technology and communications industries spent more than $111 million on lobbyists in the second half of 2003, according to data compiled by the campaign finance site PoliticalMoneyLine.
Who says money can't buy love...