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

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology


Gary Shapiro

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

A Different Kind of Homecoming

Dan Glickman | Posted 03.19.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Glickman

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

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment


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...

Obama Win Helps Tech, Could Hurt Hollywood

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


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.

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

Wired | David Kravets | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business


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...

Networks Tell FCC: Don't Regulate Product Placements

Variety | William Triplett | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media


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...

Conventional Wisdom: Political Process on the Silver Screen

Dan Glickman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


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.

Digital Music and the Free Market

Max Keiser | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business


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.

Movie Ticket Sales Hit Record

Los Angeles Times | Josh Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

Ang Lee Defends Every Frame Of NC-17 Film

New York Magazine | Logan Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


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...