[SGVLUG] RIAA party in washington!

[Solomon K. Chang]

Yeah, I'm disappointed that Barry and Michelle didn't come out to our party at Burger Continental... and to think I raised (rattles can) $18 for it.

How much have you spent to bri^H^H^H lobby your president today?

Solomon

--- On Wed, 1/21/09, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [SGVLUG] RIAA party in washington!
> To: sgvlug at sgvlug.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 1:53 AM
> Well, you probably recall that the RIAA lawyer is
> President Obama's pick to head the justice department,
> so I thought I would pass along a couple of other
> RIAA tidbits which I've encountered...
> [ I'm guessing these may have already
> appeared on /. tho I haven't read /. recently!! ]
> 
> best
> matti
> 
> 
> --
> RIAA lobby in Washington
> 
> "Despite ban on special interest money, lobbyists
> flood in"
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-inaug-money18-2009jan18,0,3084929,full.story
> 
> 
> [..]
> "For example, the Recording Industry Assn. of America
> is throwing a star-studded ball headlined by singer Rihanna
> and rapper Ludacris among others, and co-hosted by Courtney
> Cox and Rosanna Arquette, at the Ibiza nightclub Tuesday
> night.
> 
> The $2,500-per-ticket, invitation-only event is a benefit
> for Feeding America, a domestic hunger relief charity.
> 
> But it also promises to bring together many members of
> Congress and high-level administration appointees with
> association members, at least some of whom have concerns
> about music piracy and other issues overseen or influenced
> by the federal government."
> [..]
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> In Internet First, RIAA File Sharing Hearing to Be Webcast
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/LawPolitics/story?id=6650027&page=1
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don't equal 17,000 lost
> sales
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-judge-17000-illegal-downloads-dont-equal-17000-lost-sales.html