To lobby a software company? That makes no sense. If anything, that hacker would be lobbying Congress...and frankly, that's his or her prerogative. I don't care what they do. It's not dirty money just because you say it is; it's legally-acquired money that a subset of the population feels was obtained illegitimately. I don't like what has happened with the patent system any more than you do, but I'm choosing my battles. I'm disdainful toward patent trolls; I'm thankful for them, because they effectively give me work (invalidating their patents)