The RIAA increasingly resembles an unelected branch of government. First, Republican operator Mitch Bainwol comes aboard as director, and now ATF Director Brad Buckles has been hired to lead the lobby group's alarmingly-named Anti Piracy Unit.
"Brad's appointment should signal to everyone that we continue to take piracy, here and throughout the world, very seriously," said Mitch Bainwol, RIAA's chairman and chief executive officer.Since the Big Content cartel is relying on the Feds to do more of their dirty work for them (see DMCA, Broadcast Flag, sundry legislational grandstanding) it makes sense that they should co-opt DC insiders to their cause.
