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Interview with MPAA Chief Dan Glickman

Posted by michael on from the mama-don't-your-babies-grow-up-to-use-kazaa dept.

farmerbuzz writes "USAToday has an interview with Dan Glickman (Jack Valenti's replacement as the CEO of the MPAA) where he announces that the MPAA will begin suing movie downloaders. An interesting point brought up in the interview: 'At the time the RIAA announced its lawsuits, it said music sales had fallen 25% over a three-year period. The MPAA is in a much different situation. Box office receipts aren't down at all -- 2003's figures were $9.5 billion, the second biggest in history.'"

2 of 476 comments (clear)

  1. Negative Impact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Piracy has a tremendous negative impact on consumers."

    Right

  2. Awww poor baby by ColdZero · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A: My son Jon was executive producer of the recent film Mr. 3000. A few days after the film was released, a member of my staff found it being sold as a DVD just a few blocks from our offices. I called my son to give him the bad news, and he told me this is happening to all the current films. And then he said, "And what are you going to do about it, Dad?" Translation: Awww I'm rich beyond silly. I was the executive producer for a shitty movie that nobdoy wanted to see. Daddy make the bad pirates go away.