1. Direct Communication: Direct communication methods such as letters and emails were used to converge support against SOPA and PIPA Act. Lobbying: The case demonstrates an active use of lobbying using “new media”. They spent a significant amount of their revenues on lobbying against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and keep safe Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Social media Tactics: They substantial used social media to lure people and rally mass support in opposition of SOPA and PIPA. 2. They lobbied strongly in support of those congressmen who wanted to make some major changes in the Acts. They informed the general public, the senates and the legislatures about the laws through lobbying, direct communication, and social media. “New
Stemming from a loose interpretation of the Constitution – and specifically the necessary and proper clause -- congressional oversight is one of many enumerated powers bestowed upon Congress per Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. As the legislative body, Congress is charged with overseeing the inner workings of the Executive Branch and its federal agencies as a part of a system of checks and balances. However, as previously mentioned, this power is one of the implied powers of Congress, thus making it very difficult for many to delineate rightful oversight from reckless meandering. In the Constitution, for example, there is no singular mention of a definitive power such as “congressional oversight.” Consequently, there is no clear set of goals or practices through which Congress can oversee the executive branch. This is where things can become slightly tricky, however.
Change.org is an online petition tool with over 68 million users and counting. Change.org users can either support causes by signing petitions or create petitions and request signatures. The purpose of Change.org’s website is to increase the number of users in its social network in order for more people to create and sign petitions. Change.org generates and retains a large user base by gaining the trust of a worldwide audience, inspiring users to action and retaining users through an effective website design. For profit, Change.org depends on large organizations like Amnesty International and the Humane Society to buy advertising to support their petitions. Thus, its website not only recruits more users but also convinces large organizations to buy additional advertising.
Business Tort Michael Robertson is the CEO of MP3.com. Over the past few years, he has established a flourishing business, which had a market value of around $1.8 Billion. In February 2002, a case was filed against mp3.com by a nonprofit trade organization that represents the recording industry, namely the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Robertson claimed that RIAA was presenting a false picture to his stockholders and lying to his partners. RIAA sued him for copyright violation. Robertson sued them back on charges of defamation, trade libel, intrusion with potential economic benefit, and undue business practices. If the situation is analyzed, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) suit against MP3.com actually points out the fact that Mp3.com had illegally copied around 45,000 CDs. Through this, MP3.com could offer an instant "Beam-it" feature that would upload the contents of the CDs from your personal library to MP3.com's Website. Beam-it software is a revolutionary program that lets MP3.com instantly identify the CDs you own so they can add them to your My.MP3.com account. With Beam-it, a visitor never has to upload song files or convert their CDs to MP3s. There's no ripping or encoding involved. While it takes hours to upload an album to other sites, Beam-it allows one to start listening to music from their My.MP3 account in less than a minute. Hence, users can store their music online and listen to it from anywhere. Record companies all over the world carried out a large- scale revolt. There were press releases against this venture. Artists and singers favored the record companies whose profits started to fall. Everyone thought MP3.com was becoming a giant in the music world, just like Micr...
Political systems within the United States work together to establish laws and create boundaries for their people. Government officials work with the Senate in Congress to help establish regulations not only for the American people but also for corporations in order to not become monopolies in today’s market. This all corresponds to a legislative process in order for Congress to have a clear idea of passing effective laws that help reinforce results within our society. Members of Congress and political affiliations are impacted by representatives from large business corporations through the process of bribing these government officials into supporting the ideas and desires of these corporations. In order for this to occur, these companies engage in lobbying. Lobbying is the attempt to influence government officials in decision making processes or swaying the government by employing tactics through various agreements in the form of verbal or written statements to public officials in Congress. This usually occurs through donations of large amounts of money to members of Congress as a way of bribing them to support the representatives of these corporations. Therefore, corporations have widely influenced Congress, making it difficult to pass laws and bills that are not in favor of these corporations. Thus, lobbying is influenced by money and promotes the interests of these specific corporations.
SOPA aroused public attention from a wide range of protests though it originally aimed to help online business damaged by piracy. On January 18, 2012, websites like Google, Reddit, Wikipedia were all blackout and drew great public attention. According to the announcement left on Wikipedia’s website, they were in protest against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which “has the potential to significantly change the way that information can be shared through the Internet.”(Wikipedia, 1) SOPA is designed to tackle the problem of websites that provide illegal download of pirated movies, music and other products. For websites consist of user upload materials like Youtube and Facebook, they are responsible for all the materials on their web...
The pharmaceutical industry has a high stake in the passage of laws and they protect their interests by maintaining a substantial presence of lobbyists. In 2010, there were approximately 3,000 health care lobbyists in Washington (Attkisson). Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is a trade group that represents 48 pharmaceutical companies and is one of the largest lobbying groups in Washington. They currently represent some of the largest pharmaceutical companies including Bayer HealthCare LLC, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., and Pfizer (PhRMA).
Many controversial topics have surfaced recently, but one that tends to fly under the radar is lobbying. Lobbying is defined as a group of persons who work or conduct a campaign to influence members of a legislature to vote according to a group’s special interests (“Lobby”). Although average citizens are not fully aware of the issue, it is quite contentious in politics. For those who are against it, they believe that restrictions should be placed on lobbying because it distorts democracy. Lobbyists use money and cost-effective strategies to sway the opinions of lawmakers. Others see lobbyists as effective, political tour guides who help pass legislation. An analysis of the lobbying process reveals the outcomes are often times ethical, but chiefly controversial. This leaves us with a heated debate; should Congress tighten their restrictions on lobbying?
The lead Senate sponsors were Ted Kennedy and Orin Hatch. (Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA) Among the House sponsors were Newt Gingrich and Barny Frank. Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA. This act was enacted for one main reason.
I would use everything in this paper to get proposed legislation passed. I would use political climate in the political environment to express and perceive socially. Cultural values would be a very important part of getting proposed legislation passed because of the amount of support that comes from cultures. I would use social justice to protect the rights of the people. I would use the action plans stated in this paper in order to help pass the proposed legislation. Earned and paid media would be very important do to how much social media affects us. Grassroots lobbying would allow myself and others to educate the legislators to pass proposed
Lobbyists advocate on behalf of the group's interests. Lobbying can be done directly or indirectly, and can be aimed at any branch or level of government. Generally, lobbyists contact members of Congress to give them information about their cause. They give details about the effects of legislation they wish to pass or enforce. Lobbyists must present the information in the most factual way possible, while trying to convince the legislator of their point of view. The information given cannot be misleading as a lobbyist wants to keep a level of confidence with the politician. Among the information given, a lobbyist must include not only basic information about the issue but also why their position is best. They must tell why and how taking their position will benefit the legislator. Lobbyists must give the politicians political cues, telling them what they have at stake and how the issue relates to their other known inter...
The “advocacy explosion” in the United States in the 20th century has been caused by the extreme increase in the number of interest groups in the United States. The general public views the increase and the groups themselves as a cancer that has come to the body of American politics and is spreading. The explosion in the number of interest groups and interest group members and finances has had an effect on the decline of the American political party and partisanship, the effect on democracy and the public interest, and the bias that has come with interest group competition.
Lobbying involves more than persuading legislators. Professional lobbyists investigate and examine legislation or dogmatic proposals, are present at congressional hearings, and teach government officials and company officers on imperative issues. Lobbyists in addition work to transform public opinion all the way through advertising campaigns or by control 'opinion leaders'. There are approximately 30,000 recorded lobbyists, other than that does not comprise the public relations experts, marketers, support personnel pollsters, and others who support their work. The majority lobbyists are hard–working professionals who comprehend how to find the way the political process, gain access to lawmakers and main executive–branch officials, and construct a strategy to accomplish their legislative objective. Whether or not you like the renowned place they engage in our system, lobbyists have turn out to be such an essential part of...
On November 16th, 2004, the MPAA announced it would begin launching lawsuits against a select group of P2P users accused of possessing and/or transmitting copyrighted films. These lawsuits, in the same vain as the RIAA’s ongoing legal offensive, are meant to intimidate other P2P users to cease and desist any illegal activities involving movies[1].
The theme of this specific TED talk can be categorized as inspirational and persuasive. This talk exposed how a slice of wealthy Americans has managed to take political control over the our voices with the money and time they fund to bring their parties back in power. It was a pleasant and inspirational talk about how we as Americans have the ability to change how politics work. We have the power to bring politics back in the hands of the majority of the citizens.
The entertainment industry and many musicians regarded P2P as a big crisis for copyright, so that they sued the company that produced Napster. “Anger leads Metallica to the Internet,” an article by Karen Schubert in USA TODAY, noticed that heavy-metal band Metallica was suing Napster. And now some people in the music industry are fighting with a distributor of P2P software even in the Supreme Court, and lobbying to outlaw P2P technology. In “File sharing goes to High Court,” USA ...