[Foundation-l] Politico: "Wikimedia foundation hires lobbyists on sopa, pipa"

Mike Godwin mnemonic at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 04:04:18 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Why do you imagine money spent is the measure of influence? The
>> pro-SOPA forces outspent the tech industry three-to-one and still
>> lost.
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> Citation needed.

Here's a place to start:
<http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/story-behind-sopapipa-is-campaign-money.html>

But my favorite source for "citation needed" taggers is this:
<http://lmgtfy.com>

>> Plus, If money is the measure of effectiveness, what does this say
>> about Encyclopedia Britannica versus Wikipedia?
>
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> We have more.

And who am I to take issue with such an indisputable, uncontroversial statement?


--Mike




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