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MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban

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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  2. GET SOME PRIORITIES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're all bitchin' and whinin' about the MPAA, while Patriot and Country Singer Glen Campbell, who wrote such hits as "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman" and "Rhinestone Cowboy", has been arrested by the fascist Phoenix police after "allegedly" running his car drunkenly into another car, "allegedly" kneeing a police officer and other trumped up charges.

    I implore you all to contact Governor Napolitano to ask for clemency in this case. You can contact him here http://www.governor.state.az.us/post/feedback.asp [state.az.us] (not a goatse link)

    This injustice must NOT be allowed to happen. We need more hits Glen - something to fight back against the Britney Spears/50 Cent/yada-yada-yada SHIT thats being mass produced by our good friends the RIAA and forced down the throats of America's youth, turning them into God-hatin', Terrorist Lovin', Communists!

  3. sdffsd by trolleri · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for fucks sake, buy your stuff..

  4. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia MPAA sues YOU! Oh, wait...

    Damn, my world is falling apart.

  5. no topic by lostindenver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    no topic

  6. Re:MPAA: Typical American nonsense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uh dude, it's the Ann Coulter TROLL. If you know who Ann Coulter is, and you know what a troll is, you just got suckered - or - you're a dumbass. Either way, it doesn't look too good for you.

  7. Indy Film? by WatertonMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everytime I read one of these threads and see "Indy Film" I think that Spielberg and Lucas are finally making the next Indiana Jones film. Instead it is about some company that makes films about gay cowboys eating pudding...