Whos On The Cartels Payroll ?

[GhostShip]

Whilst I would love to be able to answer the question above unfortunately they are not happy to tell you where they make all their "donations" or pay offs as most know them to be, instead we can see just where some of the cash is coming from and going to as they have to declare some things by law 

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13224

The amounts of money they earmark to buy legislation, influence, favourable print, electronic media exposure, and a lot more, can be reckoned in virtual nickels and dimes.

Hollywood’s MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) spent a paltry $900,000 on lobbying for the period January 1 through August 14, while with a mere $658,747, Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) forked out even less, says the Center for Responsive Politics.

Collectively, corporate TV, movie and music companies spent only $27.5 million through the first half of the year, says the CRP.

Tallies for individual spenders included:

Clear Channel ($1,200,000)
Comcast ($3,900,000)
Cox ($2,000,000)
Walt Disney ($2,200,000)
EMI ($190,000)
NBC Universal ($160,000
News Corp. ($1,000,000)
Sony/BMG entertainment divisions ($925,000)
Time Warner entertainment divisions ($1,9,000)
Viacom ($775,000)
UMG ($350,000)
Warner Music Group ($197,500).

And you can see where some of that cash goes to here

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=B02&cycle=2006

1 - Clinton, Hillary (D-NY)            $975,658
2 - Ford, Harold E Jr (D-TN)        $423,024
3 - Cantwell, Maria (D-WA)          $258,192
4 - Nelson, Bill (D-FL)                  $245,819
5 - Santorum, Rick (R-PA)            $239,000
6 - Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)         $229,416
 7 - Kennedy, Edward M (D-MA)    $218,800
8 - Burns, Conrad (R-MT)              $205,600
9 - Berman, Howard L (D-CA)      $181,050
10 - McCaskill, Claire (D-MO)          $158,298
11 - Casey, Bob (D-PA)                $157,350
12 - Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)  $151,250
13 - Hastert, Dennis (R-IL)           $143,850
14 - Ensign, John (R-NV)              $140,138
15 - DeWine, Mike (R-OH)            $137,650
16 - Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI)      $136,631
17 - Lieberman, Joe (I-CT)           $132,650
18 - Stevens, Ted (R-AK)             $131,999
19 - Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)      $130,150
20 - Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)                     $123,427

Twenty seven Million dollars paid to politicians to help get anti consumer legislation passed, "legal" corruption at it finest folks, btw I wonder if any tax is paid on these "donations" 


 

[DragonRider]

It makes one wonder that if the cartel is willing to spend that type of money on lobbyists, wouldn't the cartel have a little left in it's coffers to pay some traitor to intentionally disrupt the WPN by uploading fake or infected files and/or patch and for running a website that lists the IP's, room lists,  and search terms of WinMX users? I'm not making any accusations mind you, I'm just wondering out loud...

 

[Max™]

*hears DragonRider's wonderings*
yep i have to agree there, i wonder in that very same direction

[ñòóKýçrÕôK]

First of all isn't Hillary the woman most Americans say would make a great first female president of the United States???
And Harold Ford Jr. is from my neck of the woods over here.
As for speculation or "thinking out loud" let's be careful how we do that ok. Remember you're "thinking" about a man who's shown he would rather do it for free than feel like he sold out for money.