10/14/11

WH e-mails show secret negotiations with music lobbyists

"On State Street, that great street, I just wanna say,
They do things they don’t do on Broadway.."
Top-ranking Obama administration officials, including the U.S. copyright czar, were actively involved in secret negotiations between Hollywood, the recording industry and ISPs to disrupt internet access for users suspected of violating copyright law, internal White House e-mails reveal. The e-mails show the administration’s "cozy relationship" with Hollywood and music industry lobbying arms and its early support for the copyright-violation crackdown system publicly announced in July, says Wired  magazine. Read the whole story.