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Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Hollywood Break My TV

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fcc, Mpaa, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Shapiro, Selective Output Control, Congress, Piracy, Julius Genachowski, Dan Glickman, Federal Communications Commission, Analog Hole, Department of Justice, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.

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A Different Kind of Homecoming

Dan Glickman | Posted 03.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance, Hbo, Marines, Mpaa, Academy Awards, War, Oscars, Military Conflict, Movies About Iraq, Movies, Strobl, Entertainment News
Dan Glickman

It is that rare film that compels me to encourage everyone I know -- particularly policymakers -- to stop, look and listen.

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Marley & Me gets a rare PG, and other MPAA ratings notes.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Old Dogs, Marley & Me, Mpaa, Baz Luhrmann Australia, Entertainment, Underworld, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Box Office Mojo posted their weekly MPAA rating updates yesterday. Not much to report. Two noteworthy items do pop out, though. The big news involve...

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Obama Win Helps Tech, Could Hurt Hollywood

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Mpaa, Google, Internet, Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Hollywood, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Obama Internet, Obama Tech Policy, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Net Neutrality, Sarah Palin, Election, Obama Technology, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Media News
Art Brodsky

From top to bottom, the Obama/Biden plan has just about everything the tech/Internet industry could ask for. But Hollywood is at a crossroads as it decides how to leverage its usual influence within a Democratic administration.

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Wired Parodies MPAA, RIAA: Imagine Handbag Industry Association Of America

Wired | David Kravets | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Drm, Mpaa, Digital Rights Management, Riaa, Business News

For starters, handbags would only work in one country. All of a handbag's contents would fall from the bottom at a border crossing, or while on an int...

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Networks Tell FCC: Don't Regulate Product Placements

Variety | William Triplett | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Mpaa, FCC Product Placement, Product Placements, Product Placement, Media News

The MPAA, the parent companies of the Big Four nets and other biz heavyweights have told the Federal Communications Commission that there's no need fo...

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Conventional Wisdom: Political Process on the Silver Screen

Dan Glickman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Mpaa, Dan Glickman, Movies, Hollywood, Politics News
Dan Glickman

A look at our nation's democracy in action, as seen through the lens of Hollywood, might help put us all in the electoral spirit.

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Digital Music and the Free Market

Max Keiser | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Adam Smith, Cartel, Mpaa, Copyright, Riaa, Swedish PIrate Party, Bernanke, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Amiestreet.com, Digital Music, Record Companies, George Soros, Eliot Spitzer, Marketing, Business News
Max Keiser

For years, Madonna pretended to be a vamp to make it big. Dupre is an actual hooker scoring big using the indie music site, aimestreet.com, which charges based on user demand.

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Movie Ticket Sales Hit Record

Los Angeles Times | Josh Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Movie Tickets, Mpaa, Movie Budgets, Dan Glickman, Movie Ticket Sales, Motion Picture Association of America, Box-Office Revenue, Business News

In Hollywood, the math is never simple. Worldwide box-office revenue rose to record levels last year, the studios' main trade group said Wednesday --...

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Ang Lee Defends Every Frame Of NC-17 Film

New York Magazine | Logan Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tony Leung, Lust, Ang Lee, Tang Wei, MPAA, Caution, NC-17 Movies, Entertainment News

When the MPAA slapped Ang Lee's Lust, Caution (which opens next week) with an NC-17 rating for "explicit sexuality," the director and his writer-produ...

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