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ESA Spent $980K on Lobbying American Government in Q2
by Blake Ellison, Aug 28, 2008 8:00pm PDTThe Entertainment Software Association, the industry organization representing the games industry in governmental and legal matters, spent $980,000 lobbying the American government between April and June, according to a press release. The figure is a marked increase from the $714,000 spent in Q1.
Aside from lobbying Congress, the ESA also spent cash towards influencing the US Copyright Office, the FCC, and the FBI, among others.
That investment paid a dividend this morning when the organization celebrated the sentencing of two software pirates and thanked the FBI and Department of Justice for their help.
The ESA has fallen on hard times recently, as the group has had several key members leave in the last few months and come under heavy fire for the poor performance of this year's E3 Media & Business Summit.
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I am sure other fields spend far more on their 'lobbying' efforts, but I wonder all the same just where does the money goes.
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