MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday November 25, 2003 @10:17AM from the we-want-awards-too dept.

bigjnsa500 writes "Fourteen small movie houses are suing the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) trying to stop the ban on DVD 'screeners'. 'It will chill the financing of independent films by limiting the awards they can receive', say the plaintiffs, who include Talking Wall Pictures, Sandcastle 5 Productions and Salty Features. They feel they are being treated differently because several 'specialty' indy film shops are still allowed to send out 'numbered, encoded videocassettes' to Oscar voters. This ban was issued by MPAA President Jack Valenti initially to stop the illegal distribution of DVD screeners on the Internet."

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Re:DON'T LIKE OUR GREAT COUNTRY, FUCKIN' LIB?! by Zapperlink · 2003-11-25 10:47 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I agree.. its ok to piss and moan after all if nobody complained nothing would ever change.. however its like saying you dont like baseball because they serve hotdogs there. There is a lot more to America than the petty cons that are mentioned. Fortunately unlike other countries.. we have the right to complain about them.