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Just in case anyone was not aware (or is shocked by this), the Obama administration has very close ties to the copyright industry: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/

It is entirely unsurprising they would react in this way

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Government attorneys defend by-the-books application of decades-old federal law. Film at 11.

Government attorneys fail to act on behalf of the people. Film at 11.

Government attorneys fail to act on behalf of the people I favor. Film at 11.

Fixed that for you. :)

Yes and no. There's a clear divide in this case between corporate and personal interests. America wasn't originally all about defending corporate rights more vigorously than personal ones.

And you find the idea that the interests of groups of people are disfavored over those of individual people where, exactly, in the Constitution?

Hopefully the 28th Amendment: http://www.wolf-pac.com/the_plan

Pedantically, the US Constitution originally favoured white land owning men. :P

The Constitutional scheme does not involve the DOJ second-guessing Congress. News at 11.

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