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RIAA and BSA's Favorite Lawyers Taking Top Department of Justice Posts
Gizmodo ^ | Thu Feb 5 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Posted on 02/05/2009 2:27:23 PM PST by antiRepublicrat

RIAA-fan Biden's influence in the Obama administration may be larger than anticipated, at least when it comes to file sharing: His good pals with RIAA and BSA connections keep getting Department of Justice's seats.

According to CNET, "President Obama is continuing to fill the senior ranks of the U.S. Department of Justice with the copyright industry's favorite lawyers" with the selection of Donald Verrilli, from the Verrilli Family, el Señor Presidente's latest acquisition.

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bsa; copyfraud; copyright; riaa

1 posted on 02/05/2009 2:27:25 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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2 posted on 02/05/2009 2:30:54 PM PST by antiRepublicrat ("I am a firm believer that there are not two sides to every issue..." -- Arianna Huffington)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Hmmmm.... do I detect a trend here?

The trend of “Guilty until proven innocent”?


3 posted on 02/05/2009 2:49:38 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Ironic since Joe plagiarized from Neil Kinnock, and I want to say in law school as well?


4 posted on 02/05/2009 7:13:12 PM PST by scrabblehack
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