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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I'm not saying it's untrue, I'm saying that that fact alone isn't particularly interesting.
I've worked for a number of companies in industries that have issued reports to governments, sent in comments during government consultation processes on amending or enacting laws and helped with amicus briefs during court proceedings. It's an appropriate way for governments and courts to understand complex issues, and those submissions aren't evidence of any wrongdoing or favouritism. At the end of the day, it's governments and courts that make the decisions.
Also, what's your evidence of favoritism, or of favouritism skewing the result? Not even the WSJ article you pointed to claimed favouritism or crony capitalism.
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Are you claiming that Amazon's white paper got the same level of attention as some missive from Joe the Plummer? According to the article, much of the Government's narrative was lifted from Amazon's white paper. Crony capitalism is basically government doing favors for a company. Extending the copyright law to make sure that Mickey never goes out of copyright is crony capitalism.