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Sun Jul 5

• Slashdot | Study Deconstructs Canadian Copyright Lobby Deception: An anonymous reader writes "A new Canadian study deconstructs how copyright lobby groups manipulate public opinion by laundering proposals through seemingly independent groups. The study started after the Conference Board of Canada was shown to have plagiarized several of its IP reports and now shows the connections that all lead through the MPAA and RIAA. Michael Geist writes, 'It is not just that these reports all receive financial support from the same organizations and say largely the same thing. It is also that the reports each build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus on the state of Canadian law and the need for specific reforms.' "
• NO2ID-HowtoLob by.pdf (application/p df Object)
• Facebook hires lobbyists to push privacy agenda | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Sat Jul 4

• Politics makes?.: Jeff Jarvis reacts to the reaction of Plain Dealer columnist Connie Shultz to Jarvis's earlier criticism of her connection to journalism-rel ated legislation via her senator husband. (Complicated, eh?)
• ILGA-Europe / ilga - ILGA Europe

Fri Jul 3

• Stop the War on Fun
• Integrity of Federal 'Organic' Label Questioned
• Integrity of Federal 'Organic' Label Questioned - washingtonpost .com: http://www.was hingtonpost.co m/wp-dyn/conte nt/article/200 9/07/02/AR2009 070203364.html ?hpid=topnews
• Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar - Mike Allen and Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com: When in doubt, blame the marketing department. It's this sort of behaviour that gives journalists a bad name.

Thu Jul 2

• The Washington Post's boneheaded?and aborted?plan to lobby for lobbyists | Jack Shafer: "What really stinks about now-aborted salon-for-doll ars scheme is that Katharine Weymouth appears to have contemplated the sale of something that wasn't hers to sell?the Post's credibility.&q uot;

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