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President Barack Obama, “bypassed Silicon Valley insiders this weekend by appointing Aneesh Chopra, Virginia Secretary of Technology, as the nation’s first chief technology officer,” says paidContent.

It pays to have friends in high places — ask the RIAA. Lawyers acting for the Big 4 corporate extortion unit now occupy senior positions in the US Department of Justice.

Now Apple which, with Pepsi, once paraded teenaged RIAA victims in a SuperBowl iTunes promotion, has scored.

Chopra is, “clearly a fan of the Valley’s technology, particularly that of Apple Computer,” says the story.

Among Chopra’s “initiatives” as Virginia “top tech officer” was “Virginia on iTunes U,” an, “effort to get teachers and publishers to share free educational content on iTunes,” says the story, adding:

“Chopra also launched a competition earlier this month to encourage developers to submit middle school-targeted math applications to the Apple App Store.”

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