The Motion Pictures Association has a new president in Mr. Christopher Dodd. He is actively joining forces with the Senate in passing a bill to curb online piracy. Piracy is where people access copyrighted downloadable content without paying the proper people for that content. It is big business in the States and even bigger overseas. Some people have cited that the amount of piracy overseas is the real problem as they are two thirds of the problem and the people in power should focus their efforts on chocking off their access in order to rein in the problem. The bill in question is called the Preventing Real Online Threats of Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act or PROTECT IP Act. If passed, “it would authorize the Justice Department to seek a court order directing third-parties – search engines, payment processors, advertising networks and Internet providers – to cease providing transactions and support to overseas sites engaged in online infringement.” (Johnson). This would be a great blow to the system, however that it violate search engines is still a questionable topic. Search engines work off of code to recognize key words and deliver what a person is actively searching. If they were to find these sites and delete them from becoming available in their searches, many believe it would start to slow the access to downloading. Dodd was quoted in Cannes saying, “The big issue for us is thievery. I hate the word ‘piracy’ because it conjures up these lovable characters. Theft of intellectual property is the dominant issue.”(McNary).” The MPAA may be an organization that people don’t agree with most of the time but at least this time they are fighting for the protection of content and not judging the ability of it to be shown. This new president may bring a bit of fresh air to the organization.
Johnson, T. (2011, May 13). Daily Variety. The War On Websites, New bills aim to curb online piracy.
McNary, D. (2001, May 17). Daily Variety. Dodd Digs In At Fest, New MPAA chief talk copyright theft.
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