MPAA spent $430,000 lobbying US government in 2Q

WASHINGTON

The Motion Picture Association of America spent $430,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on anti-piracy measures and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

That's down from the $460,000 that the group spent in the year-ago period, but more than the $370,000 it spent in the first quarter of 2010. The association also lobbied the federal government on issues including a national broadband Internet plan and net neutrality. That's a principle meant to ensure that phone and cable providers cannot favor their own services or discriminate against Internet phone calls, online video and other Web services that compete with their core businesses.

In the April-to-June period, the association lobbied Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, the Justice Department, the Office of the President and other agencies, according to the report filed July 20 with the House clerk's office.

Cybele Daley, who worked as an acting assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, is among those registered to lobby for the association.