Sony spent $730,000 lobbying US government in 1Q

[Geek-9pm]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sony Corp.'s two American subsidiaries, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Electronics Inc., together spent $730,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on digital piracy and other issues, according to disclosure reports.

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[truenorth]

Not necessarily as it applies to this issue but it has always amazed me that individual corporations (which in many instances can be reflecting the monetary interests of one or very few people )can replace the desires of the general population and the system can still purport to be a "democracy". Especially when one conciders that it was for the most part the general population that elected those representatives now being lobbied by interests other than theirs. truenorth