RIAA Failed To Disclose Expert’s Lobbying History to “Six-Strikes” Partners
Found on TorrentFreak on Saturday, 27 October 2012
As it turns out the RIAA failed to mention to its partners that the “impartial and independent” technology expert they retained previously lobbied for the music industry group. In a response to the controversy, CCI is now considering whether it should hire another expert to evaluate the anti-piracy monitoring technology.
The lobbying job earned the company more than half a million dollars ($637,000), which makes it hard to view the company as “independent and impartial” as the agreement between the copyright holders and ISPs requires.
The RIAA and MPAA have been caught lying so many times that the best approach is to never ever believe anything they say. Sadly enough, many of their lies and even more of their bribes have some success.