New MPAA Pirate Control boss
p2p news / p2pnet: Entertainment cartel pseudo-cop organizations the MPAA and RIAA are looking and more and more like retirement homes for ex-US law enforcers of one kind and another.
"The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today announced two new additions to its Los Angeles staff," it says proudly.
The first names the MPAA’s new cfo and the second introduces Michael Robinson as the new director of US anti-piracy operations.
A "thrilled" John G. Malcolm, himself an ex-US Department of Justice deputy assistant attorney general, observes Robinson "has walked the walk" and, “comes to the MPAA from the Transportation Security Administration, where he served as Federal Security Director at New Orleans International Airport," as he says in an MPAA fluff piece we received yesterday.
"He has had a noteworthy career in law enforcement that spans four decades, having first started as a state trooper in Michigan and working his way up to become the state’s first Homeland Security Director. During that time, Robinson served eleven years as Director of the Michigan Department of State Police, where he was responsible for all state-level public safety and emergency services. Robinson’s international reputation in law enforcement has earned him the respect of colleagues throughout the country, who in 2000 chose him to serve a one-year term as President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police- which represents 18,000 police executives in over 100 countries."
Robinson is from a branch of law enforcement, "known for abusing its power, and from a city where the police department has been rocked by scandal after scandal," says Xeni Jardin on Boing Boing.
"The perfect guy for the job!"
He assumes the position (the MPAA’s own words, honest ; ) next week.
Ex-ATF boss Brad Buckles run the ‘anti-piracy’ over at the RIAA (Recording Industry Associaition of America) and both ‘trade’ organizations employ battalions of ex-cops as enforcers, with all that implies with respect to their many and various collaborative efforts with real police departments at home and abroad.
As Malcolm told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Robinson has "advised the president" and has, "law enforcement contacts all over the world."
That should put him in a perfect position to go after kids with Sony camcorders. And the Hollywood insiders who perform a major role in keeping the p2p networks supplied, of course.
Also See:
Boing Boing – MPAA puts TSA goon in charge of enforcement, February 1, 2006
Times-Picayune – Airport security chief quits, January 18, 2006
