Tech Companies Paid Lobbyist $200,000
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| Over 60 companies and trade associations, including Microsoft Corp. and Apple
| Inc., have formed the Coalition for Patent Fairness, which paid Patton Boggs
| to lobby Congress in support of patent reform legislation, according to the
| form posted online Aug. 9 by the Senate's public records office.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/tech_companies_lobbying.html?.v=1
IBM Paid Lobbyist $100,000
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/ibm_lobbying.html?.v=1
Electronics Group Spent $1M on Lobbying
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| The American Electronics Association's board of directors includes executives
| from Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Varian Medical Systems Inc.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/american_electronics_lobbying.html?.v=1
Related:
Google, Microsoft-backed group ready to Defend Fair Use
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| Earlier this month, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed
| a complaint with the FTC alleging that professional sports leagues, Hollywood
| studios, and book publishers were all using copyright notices that
| misrepresented the law.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070828-google-microsoft-backed-group-ready-to-defend-fair-use.html
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
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| Microsoft has hired lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLC to do work on "competitive
| issues surrounding Google/DoubleClick [sic] merger."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070816-microsoft-spends-40000-to-lobby-congress-about-googledoubleclick-merger.html
Politics and tech companies: follow the money
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Changing the Report, After the Vote
http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
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| It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into
| a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within
| 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were
| pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations
| (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244&from=rss
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Bill Gates to address Senate panel
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill
| next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions for
| boosting American competitiveness.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6163930.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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