February 9, 2004

Website Spoofs MPAA Hypocrisy   Anti-Piracy Campaign Gets a Laugh. A website launched by a pair of independent filmmakers pokes fun at efforts by the Motion Picture Association of America to prevent the illegal copying of Hollywood films. By Jason Silverman. [Wired News] Mirvish believes the MPAA ads are hypocritical -- the studios, he said, don't exactly have a great record of supporting the little guy. "It’s disingenuous for the MPAA to use these (blue-collar) guys to sell their point when they will fight them tooth and nail over every union contract and ship their work overseas in a heartbeat," he said. Exactly.     6:50:30 PM    comment []

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