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I haven't seen much discussion about the new head of the MPAA on here. Now that Jack Valenti has retired and Dan Glickman is in I am curious to know what people think. I have seen a lot of reports about Glickman going after pirating. He has already had a bunch of factories producing illegal DVD's shut down.

I think its good he is being aggressive about this.

WD doesn't like the MPAA.

This is not good for us

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Hope he tunes down the censorship - it's ****ed up these days.

As for anti-piracy, let him do what he wants... he can never shut down piracy - piracy is an idea, it will always be with us.

**** the MPAA!

MPAA=Art Nazi's.

well, i havnt bought anything pirated for years anyway, so it doesnt affect me.

but i agree, piracy will never go away

Slipknot, Tex -> True true.

I am pretty bothered by piracy. I know everyone knows the arguements for why its bad, but it just bothers me because so many of the lower level people working in movies get screwed financially. I have always dreamed of like becoming a PA and the more money being put into the industry the more stability for someone in that profession.

what is MPAA?

Motion Picture Association of America. They determine the "rating" for each picture. By rating I mean the suitability level in terms of children.

oh...they have totally nothing to do with me

Like the RIAA, which is a similar organization for the Recording Industry, they deal with piracy and illegal sharing issues. So this is similar to the RIAA going after Napster.

I just read this article about the MPAA releasing names of those they have caught downloading movies. It looks like they are really taking this seriously.

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2958445