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MPAA CEO Dan Glickman on the Broadcast Flag

Posted by Zonk on from the never-blink-when-you-lie dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman has an opinion piece up at CNET explaining why, even after they and the FCC lost the legal case to force the Broadcast Flag on us, we should still as consumers be advocates for it. The gist of Glickman's argument boils down to the old 'we're taking our ball and going home' game as he tries to convince us that without this incentive good TV and movies won't get shown on broadcast television. 'Our companies want to continue to show their movies and television shows to viewers who don't or can't subscribe to cable or satellite systems. But without the broadcast flag, that option will look less and less appealing. In the end, it will be the consumers who suffer the most if the broadcast flag is not mandated for the digital era.'"

6 of 336 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Go ahead, take your ball and go home. by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny
    Right now, not many people share or download movies. Right now, studios and organizations like the MPAA are trying to stifle people's ability to do so. Right now, it is still happening (witness all of the hoopla over Revenge of the Sith). The more they fight it, the more they publicize it and the more people will do it.
    What you really mean to say is " The more you tighten your grip, the more [movies] will slip through your fingers "...
  2. Re:Idle threats... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, my principal concern is protecting the magic of the movies.

    The only thing 'magic' about the movies is how
    they're able to convice people to pay $14.95 for
    a tub of popcorn.

  3. Re:[OT] submit images by houghi · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mod parent up, just to proove him wrong.

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  4. Re:Who's content is it? by InvalidError · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good shows on TV?

    I thought they were already all cancelled and replaced by unreality shows.

  5. Alternate Headline by bitspotter · · Score: 2, Funny

    "TV Industry Promises to Stop Broadcasting Altogether"

    EXCELLENT! PLEASE DO!

    What I don't understand is why broadcasters would cut themselves off from another advertising channel. an ad is anything that is used to promote the sale of a product or service, and, these days, that means the actual shows and movies themselves are ads, since you can go buy them on DVD, as well.

    Am I really going to "suffer" from losing an advertising channel? Hell, I'd pay to get RID of it!

  6. Re:Who's content is it? by Sj0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Help stop spectrum theft.

    Wrap your house in tinfoil.

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