MPAA Glickman – Obama copyright czar?
p2pnet news view Politics | Movies:- With commerce secretary Gary Locke promising to do the corporate movie industry’s bidding, US vp Joe Biden, “lauded Hollywood at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C … assailed movie piracy, and promised film executives that the Obama administration would pick ‘the right person’ as its copyright czar,” says CNET News.
Let’s see how that works —- the man who’s theoretically second-in-command of America promising to allocate desperately scarce resources to Hollywood, which is reporting a surplus of $14 billion, when the US is already struggling to find ways to save citizens from destitution caused by the George W. Bush recession?
But it’s not so incongruous when you consider the RIAA already has five of its henchmen deeply embedded in the US Department of Justice.
On the other hand, even with Biden as a devout RIAA worshipper, the Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music extortion unit probably won’t be able to manage install one of its hacks as Obama’s Top Corporate Copyright Cop, whose six-figure (at the very least) salary will be footed by American citizens.
So with RIAA hoods — sorry, executives – out of the running, that leaves MPAA persons.
And who’d be better than Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman (right) who is, after all, seeking gainful employment?
He’d take a salary drop. But against that, associated perks would probably more than make up for it and anyway, he’d still be In with the In Crowd.
He was, “once known as one of the funniest men in Congress,” said the Hollywood Reporter when Slickman was named as Jack ‘Bomber’ Valenti’s successor.
“I don’t know how funny I am,” the story has him saying. “I think I’m funny.”
Our picture shows him demonstrating his “deadpan wit,” as the story calls it, with his famous ‘Hollywood is being devastated byfile-sharers’ joke.
CNET News – Biden promises ‘right person’ as new U.S. copyright czar, April 21, 2009
surplus of $14 billion – Upsurge in anti-P2P actions under Obama, April 22, 2009
seeking gainful employment – MPAA boss Dan Glickman: on his way out, April 3, 2009
Hollywood Reporter – Glickman relishes new role, July 2, 2004
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April 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Meet the new boss same as the old boss.
Obama is in the pocket of big business and the mafia folks, always was, him hiring RIAA members for such key positions should come as zero surprise to anyone.
Obama is part of the problem.
April 26th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
a little CHANGE in my pocket going jing a ling a ling
April 27th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Saw this coming a mile away… Obama is nothing but “um, Umm , Uh’s” when he speaks… About the the only “Change I believe in” is when I “Change” the channel very often when I see his face or hear his name on my TV.
I can hear him now….
Obama: yes joe, what have you decided?
Biden: I have no greater candidate than Danny Glickman, He is the man for the job.
Obama: I trust Joe…. I really do!
Biden: Hey, I have a DVR copy of the superbowl let’s call Dan the man over!
Obama: Sure, Let me “change” ;(
April 27th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
OBAMA IS BETYRAYING US!
We should respond to this!