WASHINGTON —The following is a statement by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on the so-called “Blackout Day” protesting anti-piracy legislation:
“Only days after the White House and chief sponsors of the legislation responded to the major concern expressed by opponents and then called for all parties to work cooperatively together,
Only days after the White House and Congress started realizing how toxic this legislation is, we all got together to figure out how to continue pushing this legislation while appeasing the barbarian horde.
some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns,
because the MPAA/RIAA have never used their customers as pawns or seeked to punish them through extended content windows, crippled DRM, or endless lawsuits.
rather than coming to the table to find solutions to a problem
we've written the legislation and forcibly kept the deck stacked against them for the whole time, so now that we offer them the chance to tweak this horrid legislation they should be thanking us.
that all now seem to agree is very real and damaging.
that everyone who we've given campaign contributions to have agreed to parrot the baseless facts that we've given them, which have been discredited by everyone we haven't given money to.
It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information and use their services.
How dare they resort to non-violent/non-Super PAC bribing means to get what they want?
It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today.
It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today that we seek to take away.
Tomorrow was supposed to be different, that's why we bought this legislation.
Tomorrow was supposed to be when I enjoyed my bonus for railroading through this legislation so quickly after moving over from Congress, ignoring the fact that when I was in Congress I vowed to never become a lobbyist.
It’s a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.
It is unconscionable that these platforms would attempt to skew what we consider to be facts. Our facts are the real facts, ignoring the fact that even the GAO considers our data to be flawed.
A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one,
People on the Hill think this is a gimmick, but anyone with half a brain is probably figuring out that supporters of SOPA will be driven out of office next term.
designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.
designed to punish elected officials who are doing nothing more than serving the industries they wish to take a job with once they tire of the lobbyists trough (or get voted out of office).
It is our hope that the White House and the Congress will call on those who intend to stage this “blackout” to stop the hyperbole and PR stunts and engage in meaningful efforts to combat piracy.”
It is our hope that the White House and the Congress will call on those who intend to stage this “blackout” to stop the hyperbole and PR stunts and engage in meaningful efforts to allow us to continue our war on avoiding innovation and making money from this new-fangled distribution channel the tech industry has once again created for us.
