US Copyright Czar Cozied Up To Content Industry

Am I surprised? No I am not. This is just another example of how big government does not work. How corny capitalism is a side effect of big goverment. And this show why the President is so in favor is the ACTA treaty. To the point that he claims he can sign it into law with out the ok of the Senate. Does this not prove again that Obama does act in our interests? All he cares about is who can give him the most power and money.

From Slashdot.org:

Nemesisghost writes “According to emails obtained via a Freedom of Information request, the U.S. Copyright Czar played an important role in brokering the deals between ISPs and copyright holders to punish subscribers whose IP addresses participated in copyright infringement. From the article: ‘The records show the government clearly had a voice in the closed-door negotiations, though it was not a signatory to the historic accord, which isn’t an actual government policy. … [T]he communications show that a wide range of officials — from Vice President Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff Alan Hoffman, the Justice Department’s criminal chief Lanny Breuer to copyright czar Victoria Espinel — were in the loop well ahead of the accord’s unveiling. “These kind of backroom voluntary deals are quite scary, particularly because they are not subject to judicial review. I wanted to find out what role the White House has played in the negotiation, but unfortunately, the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) withheld key documents that would shed further light on it,” Soghoian said when asked why he sought the documents.’”