Re: Mississippi
I used to think that too, and then I followed the reporting on Ars Technica.
It turns out that yes, the MPAA did donate to Jim Hood's election campaign but only about $3000 - less than one hundredth of the total funds he raised. He's not owned by them and they don't do him any favours - his opponent, however, was a big "let's make copyright illegal!" guy so they weren't without motive.
Basically though, your conspiracy theory is a dud.
Seems to be very popular though. You'd almost think that it turned up every time someone searched for "Jim Hood" on a popular search engine...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
