Dodd confirmed as new MPAA boss
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Failed presidential candidate Chris Dodd has been named as the new official mouthpiece for Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures, the corporate movie studios known colloquially as ‘Hollywood’.
He replaces Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman, another ex-politician who transferred to Refugees International after his sudden and unexpected departure from the MPAA (Motionless Picture Association of America).
Glickman didn’t last long there either and his last known job was “senior fellow in residence” at the Bipartisan Policy Center (?).
Now Dodd is slated to start work on March 17 to “revive” the MPAA’s “diminished influence”, as the New York Times puts it.
The story has association spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman objecting to the contention that the MPAA’s “heyday had passed, pointing to a long list of accomplishments in recent months”, a major victory coming last May “with the Federal Communications Commission’s approval of home entertainment technology to prevent consumers from recording pay-per-view movies”.
Kaltman “also cited the organization’s work in encouraging colleges and universities to address movie theft on campus”, says the story.
sudden and unexpected departure – Ex-MPAA boss Glickman’s new new job, June 23, 2010
New York Times – Motion Picture Industry Group Names Ex-Senator Dodd as Its New Chief, March 1, 2011
address movie theft – RIAA, MPAA, pressure US schools, March 22, 2008
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March 3rd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
“Elizabeth Kaltman …pointing to a long list of accomplishments …a major victory …approval of home entertainment technology to prevent consumers from recording pay-per-view movies.”
Ya gotta love the way these industries think.
If you’re receiving the pay-per-view event (in order to record the f’n thing), you must’ve already PAID for it to begin with. And, if you’re already paying to receive it, I don’t think it’s asking too much to be able to timeshift it. Yet, preventing such a thing is considered a “victory”??!
Bite me, Liz!
Bite me, Hollywood!
March 4th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Stop the presses –Dan Glickman just got another new job
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/2011/03/03/dan-glickman-appointed-new-head-aspen-institute-congressional-program&
Listed among his qualifications: possessing a “keen understanding of the ways of Congress” – no need to ask what that means.
re:Bipartisan Policy Center,
It’s another so-called “Washington think tank” – basically a lobby-in-disguise that tries to masquerade as a sort of academic institution (“senior fellow in residence” indeed). Like many others, this particular one works under the AIPAC umbrella.