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# Lobbying Maneuvers. Another, more Machiavellian motive, O'Neil speculated, would be a quid pro quo on the part of the ISPs. In recent years, the RIAA has been heavily lobbying Congress to limit or scale back the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA More about DMCA. The RIAA is well connected on the Hill, and it looked possible at one point that the ISPs were at risk of losing some or a significant portion of the safe harbor provision.
"It may be that the ISPs thought it might be more prudent to cooperate with the RIAA," said O'Neil, "at least on the legitimate concerns of the theft issues, in the hopes that they would back off from attacking safe harbor."
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Think they will ever succeed?
They have been trying forever
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1027-5078609.html