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CinemaCon: MPA Chief Blasts Piracy By “Real-Life Mobsters” Who “Engage In Child Pornography, Prostitution, Drug Trafficking” The Solution? “Site-Blocking”
MPA Chief Charles Rivkin Blasts "Real Life Mobsters" Engaged in Piracy
Motion Picture Assocation Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin continued to not hold back at CinemaCon, delivering another Eliot Ness-fueled, colorful crusade speech against piracy. In the battle against piracy, Rivkin said today, “I’m announcing the next major phase of this effort: the MPA is going to work with Members of Congress to enact judicial site-blocking legislation here in the United States.” “It allows all types of creative industries – film and television, music and book publishers, sports leagues and broadcasters – to request, in court, that internet service providers block access to websites dedicated to sharing illegal, stolen content.”
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