On: Central Europe Backs Out of Copyright Deal After Protests

[zalew]

In the US you call it lobbying and you can publish a colorful chart with official data who paid whom what.

In eastern Europe it's money passed 'under the table' of which you hear after a few months/years if ever, and cases take years to prove and sentence.

[Vivtek → zalew]

In the US it is never tried or sentenced. It's simply made law, or laughed about if anybody mentions it.