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MPAA Names Dan Glickman To Replace Jack Valenti
Zordak writes "Fox News is reporting that the MPAA has chosen a new chief to replace Jack Valenti. Dan Glickman is an avid Linux user, a well-known consumer advocate, vehemently critical of the DMCA and a member of the EFF. Ha ha. Just kidding, Dave Barry style. Dan Glickman is actually a seasoned Washington politician, having served as a Kansas representative and agriculture secretary under President Clinton. He has previously been a lobbyist for the Walt Disney Corporation, and his son is the producer of such quality fare as 'Shanghai Knights' and 'Rush Hour.' Don't be looking for that 'approved' Linux DVD player soon."
I am going to respect change in the MPAA by changing my downloaded bittorrent movies from...
Movies Downloaded
to
Downloaded Movies
Guess you learn something new every day...
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Dan Glickman is an avid Linux user, a well-known consumer advocate, vehemently critical of the DMCA and a member of the EFF. Ha ha. Just kidding, Dave Barry style.
How can you play with my emotions like that, you insensitive clod?
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Um, Sonny Bono, not Bono. Please don't confuse people who might think that our future Secretary General (when the world gets all cool and Bill and Ted's revolution comes) might have done something heinous like that!
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Dan Glickman is an avid Linux user, a well-known consumer advocate, vehemently critical of the DMCA and a member of the EFF.
When I read that sentence, all of a sudden my heart opened up and I was filled with joy and happiness! I felt incredibly warm and fuzzy all over! :-(
The next sentence almost killed me
How insensitive and cruel some people can be!
He looks like Mr Burns.
.. an "approved" Linux DVD player ? Me thinks not ! When something is made legal, it takes the whole fun out of the game IMHO...
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Dan put together the Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT).
I guess Civil Rights Action Panel was on the list of rejected titles?
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Well I, for one, am very pleased with the change we'll see with Dan Glickman in charge. His name is SO much easier to make fun of than Jack's.
"Derp de derp."
I guess Civil Rights Action Panel was on the list of rejected titles
Yup, just after the Civil Liberties Implementation Team.
-Paul
Before he was lobby, then he became lobbier.
Now he's lobbiest!
Well now that's just fucking mean.
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Plus, it may accurately describe the situation for industry employees, i.e. the average Gaffer or Best Boy may get a credit and a base income that works out to about 75,000 $ a year, and that may not look like much from Jack's point of view, but he's asking a customer base that has an average income of about 31,000 $ a year to think of these employees as little guys, and that implies the customers themselves are sub-little. Doesn't sound very complementary does it? "Hey, you guys are making a third or so of what I consider a little guy's salary. Instead of me lobbying to get you all 75,000 $ a year, I want you to do the right thing no matter how much it hurts, and help these guys who are already making 2 1/2 times what you do. It's important that THEY don't get screwed." It sounds kind of like "Clean your plate, bankers in Switzerland are starving tonight".
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I guess Civil Rights Action Panel was on the list of rejected titles?
Believe it or not, a merger of Canada's Reform Party and Alliance Party became the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party. Yes, all too briefly, the big right wing party here in Canada was known as CCRAP. Go here for a few lines from Canadian politicians after seeing the unfortunate acronym. Canadian politics are just more fun! (Mainly because we can't do anything that would lead to severe global consequences.)
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That one was on Clintons 'other list'... I think he had an Intern help him work on it...