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CinemaCon: MPAA's Chris Dodd Announces New 'Ratings Awareness' Campaign

April 16, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 5 weeks ago

"Check the Box" campaign will make ratings descriptors more prominent for parents

  

Chris Dodd: MPAA Backing Away From New Piracy Legislation

February 15, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 13 weeks ago

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

  

MPAA Names Diane Strahan as COO

January 4, 2013 By Brent Lang 19 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 21 weeks ago

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

  

MPAA Honors Former Tokyo Fest Chairman Tom Yoda for Contributions to Film

November 6, 2012 By Liza Foreman 28 weeks ago

Former Tokyo Film Festival Chairman Tom Yoda was honored by the MPAA in Washington  for his contributions to the film industry

  

Justice Department Grants $2.4M to Local Police for IP Theft Crackdowns

October 3, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 32 weeks ago

Attorney General Eric Holder said the need to protect intellectual property "has never been more urgent"

  

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 37 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

  

Google Changes Search to Limit Pirated Material

August 10, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 40 weeks ago

Google has changed its search algorithm so as to account for copyright violators

  

Chris Dodd Uses Google Doodle to Press for Piracy Crackdown

June 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

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

  

MPAA Names Marc Miller as Online Content Protection Exec

May 21, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Marc Miller, the MPAA's new SVP, Content Protection, Internet will oversee the gency's worldwide online content protection enforcement strategies and operations

  

'Prometheus' to Be Released with R Rating

May 8, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Ridley Scott's sci-fi return "Prometheus" will stick with the rating it received for sci-fi violence and brief foul language

  

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

  

'Bully' Wins the Ratings Battle, But It Isn't Winning the War

April 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Analysis: Harvey Weinstein's "Bully" battle over ratings isn't likely to cause long-lasting impact

  

Former MPAA Tech Officer Now Opposes Anti-Piracy Legislation

April 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 year ago

Paul Brigner, a tech officer who has left his post with the MPAA, explains how he changed his mind and why he now opposes SOPA and PIPA

  

'Bully' Will Run in Regal and Carmike Cinemas - With Restrictions

March 29, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Two more theater chains join AMC in screening unrated documentary "Bully," but with tighter restrictions for minors

  

'Bully' Premiere Ignores the Ratings Controversy, Goes for the Gut

March 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Harvey Weinstein's not there, but host Joel McHale says unrated anti-bullying documentary "is definitely going to beat "John Carter'"

  

'Bully' Being Released Unrated Rather Than With an R

March 26, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Bully" received an R rating from the MPAA despite pleas from the Weinstein Co.

  

Global Box Office Up, Domestic Box Office Down in 2011 (Updated)

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

The Chinese box office grew by 35 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, by far the largest growth in major markets, the MPAA reports

  

Movie Studios Win 'Printless Previews' Patent Litigation

March 19, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Movie studios and a company called Printless Previews had been in litigation over film editing patent since 2005.

  

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

  

Matthew McConaughey Movie Gets an NC-17 Rating

March 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Matthew McConaughey movie "Killer Joe" is too graphic and brutal for youngsters, the MPAA rules, upholding an NC-17 rating

  

'Bully' Battle Continues as Members of Congress Call on MPAA to Change Documentary's Rating

March 12, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Bully" still has an R rating, but 26 members of Congress -- along with Ellen DeGeneres and Drew Brees -- think the documentary should be PG-13

  

PTC Says 'Bully' to MPAA's R-Rating for 'Bully'

March 9, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 1 year ago

"An accurate content rating in no way diminishes the powerful and vitally important messages conveyed in the film,” the conservative Parents Television Council says

  

'Bully,' With Its R Rating, Gets an MPAA-Hosted Screening - and Harvey Will Be There

March 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

And, no, the MPAA isn't changing the movie's rating to PG-13 -- as Weinstein and more than 220,000 petitioners had demanded

  

Ellen DeGeneres: 'Bully' Movie 'Can Save Lives,' Should Be Rated PG-13

March 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Ellen DeGeneres talks about "Bully," the documentary that the MPAA has rated R, on her talk show on Wednesday -- and says she signed a petition to change the rating