FC: More on where "anti-P2P pirate" congresscritters get their cash

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Previous Politech message;
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03877.html

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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:26:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg () mail msen com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Re: FC: Where "anti-P2P pirate" congresscritters get their money

        ATLA represents what's known as the "plaintiffs' bar," and its
members aren't going to get any new business from increased criminal IP
enforcement.  What's going on here is simpler:  The Congresscritters in
question are members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.  That
means they get a lot of money from the copyright-owner lobby (b/c
Judiciary writes copyright laws), and lots of money from ATLA (b/c
Judiciary does other, different things that ATLA cares about, including
writing tort-reform laws).

Jon

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From: "Alex R. Cohen" <arccohen () law upenn edu>
To: <declan () well com>
References: <5.1.1.6.0.20020812022401.01d03000 () mail well com>
Subject: Re: Where "anti-P2P pirate" congresscritters get their money
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:43:07 -0400

According to the Trial Lawyers' website, www.atla.org, the organization is
involved in civil, as opposed to criminal, justice. Its donations are
probably there to oppose tort reform, arbitration, and other attacks on the
rights of the injured; I doubt it has much if anything to do with this
nonsense.

ALEX R. COHEN
Class of 2003
University of Pennsylvania Law School




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