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Re:White House Petitioned to Investigate MPAA Bribery by bad_user on Sunday January 22, 2012 @11:12AM (#3496847)
You can only "donate" money as long as there are no strings attached. This is clearly extortion.
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Re:White House Petitioned to Investigate MPAA Bribery by biot on Sunday January 22, 2012 @01:04PM (#3497164)
There are always strings attached. Let's say you give money to support a politician who opposes SOPA. When you give the money you are perfectly free to say "I'm contributing to your campaign because you are against SOPA".

Would it be extortion for you to tell a politician "If you reverse your stance and later support SOPA, I can no longer in good conscience continue to contribute to your political campaign"?

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Re:White House Petitioned to Investigate MPAA Bribery by techiferous on Sunday January 22, 2012 @11:45AM (#3496938)
Clearly in a legal sense? Honest question.
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