Viacom out of touch with Web 2.0
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| Listening to the anti-Google and YouTube rhetoric spewing out of the mouth of
| Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman one has to wonder why he bothered to show up to
| the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14944/1023/
IBM Spent Nearly $3.9 Million Lobbying
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| International Business Machines Corp. spent nearly $3.9 million in the first
| six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure
| form.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071018/ibm_lobbying.html?.v=1
It's pleasant to see how the 'honest' government serves its people and how much
companies 'welcome' openness.
Related:
IBM Paid Lobbyist $100,000
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070830/ibm_lobbying.html?.v=1
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
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
Intel Hires Lobbying Firm
,----[ Quote ]
| Computer chip maker Intel Corp. has hired FBA Inc. to lobby the federal
| government, according to a federal disclosure form.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/intel_lobbying.html?.v=1
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
,----[ Quote
| 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/
Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of
| media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology
| Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology)
| which both intervened in court on its side.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/reaction_microsoft_verdict/
Electronics Spent $300,000 Lobbying
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070917/electronic_industries_lobbying.html?.v=1
Computer Group Spent $130,000 Lobbying
,----[ Quote ]
| The trade group, whose 25 members include Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and
| Yahoo Inc., lobbied Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, Federal
| Trade Commission, the White House, Commerce Department and other agencies.
`----
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071004/computer_industry_lobbying.html?.v=1
Marketing Group Spent $350,000 Lobbying
,----[ Quote ]
| The Direct Marketing Association spent $350,000 in the first half of 2007 to
| lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.
`----
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/marketing_industry_lobbying.html?.v=1
Business Group Spent $140,000 Lobbying
,----[ Quote ]
| The group's members include Intel Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Bristol-Myers
| Squibb Co.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/intel_lobbying.html?.v=1
Intel Hires Lobbying Firm
,----[ Quote ]
| Computer chip maker Intel Corp. has hired FBA Inc. to lobby the federal
| government, according to a federal disclosure form.
`----
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/intel_lobbying.html?.v=1
Marketing Group Spent $350,000 Lobbying
,----[ Quote ]
| The Direct Marketing Association spent $350,000 in the first half of 2007 to
| lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.
`----
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070821/marketing_industry_lobbying.html?.v=1
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