Während der Strasser klassisch österreichisch im Eu-Parlament strauchelte, führt ihm Maria Martin-Prat vor, wie man das richtig macht:

Maria Martin-Prat, who took a leave from her job at the European Commission to work as Deputy General Counsel and Director of Legal Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI – thee international version of the RIAA, CRIA and BPI, though they’re all basically the same companies), has returned to the EC to run its copyright unit. While Martin-Prat was enjoying her holiday as a lobbyist for the industry she now regulates, she took a number of extremist copyright positions, including lobbying against the private copying exemption (part of European Fair Dealing), and arguing that it should be illegal to break the DRM on the media you buy, even if you don’t violate copyright in doing so.

Von der Europäischen Kommission zum Verband der Musikwirtschaft und dann wieder zurück als Leitering der Copyright-Abteilung der Europäischen Kommission. Da gibts natürlich in keinster Weise einen Interessenkonflikt.

Da kann man gar nicht so viel Fressen, wie man da speiben möchte. Kann man die Dame als EU-Bürger irgendwie wieder von ihrem Posten bekommen?

Quelle: boingboing – Recording industry lobbyist appointed head of copyright for European Commission

Tagged as: ifpi, lobbying, rant | Author: Martin Leyrer
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