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GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... of ACTA has “undermined” public confidence and attempts to tie this to a point made by Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association (MPAA). Unfortunately, in a letter supporting ACTA , Glickman wrote, “Outcries on the lack of transparency in the ACTA negotiations are a distraction. They distract from the substance and the ambition of ACTA which are to work...
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Threat Level (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... mention culture and individual creators and not only industry.” The leak came nearly a week after Dan Glickman, the Motion Picture Association of America chief, told U.S. lawmakers that those opposed to the highly classified agreement are “ hostile toward efforts to improve copyright enforcement worldwide” and are “indifferent” to piracy’s costs to Hollywood. The ACTA negotiating nations...
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Good News Film Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
"There was some concern that our existing system was neither strict nor specific enough," MPAA President Dan Glickman said. "Hence, such improved ratings as B-M21 [Blasphemy Only To Be Viewed By Males Over 21] for Finding Nemo , as it was only given to Adam to name the animals." Read the whole thing at The Onion.
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The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... secrecy has already undermined public confidence in the ACTA process, a point made recently by Dan Glickman, the CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) – a group highly supportive of the ACTA negotiation, as well as by the members of the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue—a group more critical of the negotiations. We firmly believe that the public has a right to...