ESA spent $1 million in Q4 on lobbying
Financial outfit Forbes reports that the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group of video game companies, and the organizer of E3, spent almost $1 million in Q4 2008 on lobbying in Washington.
The ESA lobbied on issues such as intellectual property protection, H1-B visas for skilled workers and it opposed the plans to regulate video games with government sanctioned ratings systems.
The ESA lobbied several government agencies, including the Congress, the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission.