[Ecommerce] Winner of worst EU corporate lobbying announced..

Thu Dec 15 07:50:02 2005

 And the winner is...

The 'Campaign for Creativity' (C4C -
http://campaignforcreativity.org/camp4creativity/index.jsp) is the
undisputed winner of the Worst EU Lobbying Award 2005! No less than 85% of
the over 8000 people that took part in the online voting identified C4C as
the most deceptive corporate lobby campaign of the year. C4C presents
itself as a grass roots campaign of individuals from music, writing,
film-making, inventors, computer and electronic game software development
and design working together for software patents. But it is in fact run by
public affairs consultancy Campbell Gentry in London, with undisclosed
financial support from Microsoft and other software multinationals.

In a fax to CEO, C4C coordinator Simon Gentry explained he regretted not
to be
able to attend the award ceremony in Brussels Wednesday evening. Mr. Gentry
argued that his busy schedule forces him to concentrate on paying clients,
repeating the claim that his work for C4C is voluntary and unpaid. Also
runner-up European Partners for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) declined
the
invitation to attend the award ceremony. ExxonMobil never replied. Both
ExxonMobil and EPEE have been nominated for their use of deceptive tactics to
undermine EU efforts to halt climate change.

The final voting figures, Mr. Gentry's response as well as photos and
video from
the award ceremony will be available soon on http://www.eulobbyaward.org  The
website also includes extensive information on each of the ten nominees.

The 'Worst EU Lobbying' Awards are organised by Corporate Europe
Observatory in
association with Friends of the Earth Europe, Lobby Control and Spinwatch;
four
organisations campaigning for an end to secrecy around lobbying in Brussels.

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