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Chris Dodd: MPAA Backing Away From New Piracy Legislation

February 15, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 14 weeks ago

Chris Dodd says the MPAA will try different strategies in its efforts to stem piracy 

  

White House Summons Hollywood Officials to Meet on Violence

January 9, 2013 By Doug Halonen 19 weeks ago

Heads of MPAA, NAB and NCTA will meet with VP Joe Biden on Thursday

  

MPAA Names Diane Strahan as COO

January 4, 2013 By Brent Lang 20 weeks ago

Diane Strahan joins the MPAA from Neustar to fill a post that has been vacant for more than a year

  

MPAA Chief Chris Dodd on Newtown Shootings: Hollywood's Ready to Participate in National Conversation

December 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 22 weeks ago

After Newtown shootings, Sen. Dodd said Hollywood wants to help

  

MPAA's Chris Dodd Praises Democrats for Anti-Piracy Language in Party Platform

September 4, 2012 By Brent Lang 37 weeks ago

Dodd praised Republicans last week for including similar language in their party platform

  

MPAA Supports GOP Platform's Opposition to Piracy

August 29, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 38 weeks ago

Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, says the platform strikes a good balance between protecting copyright and internet freedom

  

Chris Dodd: WIPO Is 21st Century's First 'Substantive' Intellectual Property Treaty

June 26, 2012 By Brent Lang 47 weeks ago

The World Intellectual Property Organization treaty would strengthen copyright protections for audiovisual works distributed or sold internationally

  

Chris Dodd Uses Google Doodle to Press for Piracy Crackdown

June 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

Citing HBO's Ari Gold, MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd says to Google, "Let's hug it out"

  

MPAA Chief Chris Dodd: Hollywood Needs to Attract Hispanic Audiences

April 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Chris Dodd, Hollywood's top lobbyist, says Hollywood needs to figure out ways to appeal to Hispanics beyond tokenism

  

Chris Dodd at CinemaCon: Hollywood, Silicon Valley Must Work Together on Piracy

April 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Despite the legislative fiasco of SOPA and PIPA, Dodd says he is committed to cracking down on content theft

  

Harvey Weinstein Spars With MPAA Head Chris Dodd Over 'Bully' Rating in D.C.

March 15, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 1 year ago

Weinstein Co. co-chair suggests he may release the documentary "Bully" as unrated rather than submit to the organization's R rating

  

MPAA's Chris Dodd Extends SOPA Olive Branch to Silicon Valley

February 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

In a speech in Atlanta, MPAA chief Chris Dodd says "Hollywood is pro-technology and pro-Internet," but warns "a strong system of copyright protection" is necessary

  

How Hollywood and Joe Biden Got China to Drop a 20-Year Movie Quota

February 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Says MPAA’s Chris Dodd of the U.S.-China movie pact: "This is a very big deal. And Joe Biden deserves the credit"

  

Petition Asks White House to Probe MPAA's Chris Dodd Over Warning

January 22, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 year ago

Telling politicians in wake of anti-piracy setbacks that Hollywood money will stop flowing if they don't stand up 'when my job is at stake,' amounts to bribery, signees claim

  

How the Pirates of the Internet Are Killing Hollywood's Golden Goose

January 19, 2012 By Edward Jay Epstein 1 year ago

MPAA chief Chris Dodd is earning $1.5 million to arm-twist Congress, but the powerful tech industry has other plans

  

Sunk! How Hollywood Lost the PR Battle Over SOPA

January 18, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release. Silicon Valley had Facebook

  

Hollywood's Anti-Piracy Campaign Runs Aground

January 17, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

With free speech advocates, tech companies and even the White House lining up against it, the industry may face a choice: watered-down legislation or none at all

  

Chris Dodd: Hollywood and Silicon Valley Must Unite to Fight Piracy

October 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The MPAA chief evokes Steve Jobs in his plea to get the creative and tech communities to put aside their differences

  

Chris Dodd Elected to AFI's Board of Trustees

October 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Verizon Digital Media President David Rips will also join the board

  

Bob Pisano Stepping Down From MPAA on Sept. 30

June 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The lobbying group's COO cites a desire to spend time with his family as a reason for the exit

  

Chris Dodd: 'China's Movie Market Is a Success Story in the Making

June 13, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Delivering the keynote at the Shanghai Film Festival, MPAA chief makes expected overtures to open Sino market

  

MPAA's Dodd: Hollywood's Blue-Collar Workers Hurt Most by Piracy

May 3, 2011 By Lew Harris & Cassie M. Chew 2 years ago

New chairman says it's not just the industry's elite that suffer; also dispels belief the industry is a technological dinosaur

  

Chris Dodd Tells CinemaCon: 'I'm a Piracy Fighter'

March 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

NATO chief John Fithian uses his part of Tuesday's keynote to warn exhibitors: "convert to digital or die"

  

CinemaCon Kicks Off With New Name, Chris Dodd, and a Lotta Movies

March 28, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

With the film business off nearly 20%, theater owners will come to Las Vegas looking for a cure for what ails the industry

  

Chris Dodd to Deliver CinemaCon Keynote

March 21, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

New MPAA chief will join NATO president and CEO John Fithian to deliver "state of the industry" address on March 29

  
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