Copyright lobbyists given floorspace for "educational exhibit" in Senate building rotunda during PROTECT-IP debate
The Copyright Alliance, a lobby group for the entertainment industry, has been given permission to set up an "educational display" in the Senate Russell building rotunda, while the Senate is debating the PROTECT-IP Act, which establishes a national censorship regime that gives entertainment companies the power to decide what websites the American public may access.
I'm curious if the Senate allows such other totally biased parties to set up exhibits like that during debate on other bills. How about pharmaceutical lobbyists setting up an "educational" nursing station in the Senate, just to show the "importance" of protecting pharma. And I'm sure the banks would love to set up an "educational" bank vault in the rotunda during Wall Street reform hearings. How could anyone in the Senate see such a biased effort as being okay?
(via Command Line)
Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT-IP Debate [techdirt.com]
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