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Sony Group Corp Lobbying
What Sony Group Corp discloses spending to lobby Congress, and who it pays to do it. Every lobbying firm files quarterly under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, naming its client, its fee and the issues it worked.
SONY on carbonthat →Disclosed spend
$2.2M
across every filing on file
Filings
10
Years covered
1
Firms retained
4
What it lobbies about
Consumer Issues/Safety/ProductsTrade (domestic/foreign)Computer IndustryTariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)Copyright/Patent/TrademarkTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
10 filings
Newest year first, and within a year the largest fee first — a filing period is a word rather than a date, so it cannot order itself.
| Period | Lobbying for them | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| 20262nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) | SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)Copyright/Patent/TrademarkCivil Rights/Civil Liberties | $410K |
| 20261st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) | SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCConsumer Issues/Safety/ProductsTrade (domestic/foreign) | $390K |
| 20261st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) | SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)Copyright/Patent/TrademarkCivil Rights/Civil Liberties | $380K |
| 20262nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) | SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCTrade (domestic/foreign)Consumer Issues/Safety/Products | $380K |
| 20262nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) | SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Copyright/Patent/TrademarkConsumer Issues/Safety/Products | $172K |
| 20261st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) | SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Copyright/Patent/TrademarkConsumer Issues/Safety/Products | $172K |
| 20261st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) | THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLCCopyright/Patent/TrademarkConsumer Issues/Safety/Products | $80K |
| 20262nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) | THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLCConsumer Issues/Safety/ProductsTaxation/Internal Revenue Code | $80K |
| 20261st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) | FORBES-TATEComputer IndustryConsumer Issues/Safety/Products | $50K |
| 20262nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) | FORBES-TATETariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)Computer Industry | $50K |
A filing reports either the fee paid to a lobbying firm or what a company spent lobbying for itself, never both, so the total is a sum of the two. The client is named as filed, which is often a subsidiary. Lobbying is lawful, disclosed and extremely common — the figure is context, not an accusation.
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