http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scP_nlAzD8

It’s been a while since I posted under this name but I figure once more for old times sake. :P

@Gary Shapiro – “Dan is also an incredibly nice and ethical guy…”

LOL. Even for a Glickman apologist, you’re just incredibly naive. Sit back and enjoy a post of mine from a year ago.

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12 May 07, 2008 at 03:02 by Dan Glickman Will Be My Bitch!

Well, well, well. Gee, why am I not surprised to see Glickman’s name associated with cronyism? This dirtbag with all the ethics of pond scum has spent a career ass-deep in influence peddling and coddling corporate criminals, including his time in the Clinton cabinet.

Here is a pathetic little man under whose leadership has not only steered the helm of the MPAA into active participation in outright criminal acts such as hiring hackers to break into torrent and p2p sites, proving beyond all doubt who the real outlaws are, but has publicly stated on more than one occasion his outright and literal hatred of filesharers. Jack Valenti had his faults and was certainly no friend of filesharers, but at least he never stooped to outright criminal actions when he ran the MPAA. Whatever respect and credibility the MPAA ever had under Valenti’s leadership, has been tossed aside like yesterday’s newspaper by Dan Glickman’s stewardship of the organization as he follows, and acts on, his obsessive hatred of filesharers that borders on clinical psychosis. Glickman is determined to crush filesharing by any means necessary, even when those means are illegal.

You can expect Mr. Glickman to continue his whining as MPAA continues to lose on all fronts in its war against its own customers.

Hey, Glickman! Tell us more bullshit about how the industry is losing so much money due to filesharing. There are currently, at the time of this posting, over 10 different cams of Iron Man floating around. You can’t go on the net without seeing multiple versions readily available. And yet Iron Man took in over $200 million USD worldwide in just it’s first two days. So tell me another fairy tale about Hollywood struggling to get by because pirates are bankrupting the studios.

If Dan Glickman was Pinocchio, even the biggest stretch limo in Hollywood couldn’t accommodate his nose, world-class liar that he is.

Hoist the sails and fly the Jolly Roger proudly, mateys. Yarr, there’s plundering to be done.

And an MPAA chairman to keel-haul.

Ramming speed!

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Ah, good times. :D

Glickman isn’t a bad guy, he just tried to lash out at something that he did not understand. From his point of view, file-sharing is the same as stealing. I actually remember when the MPAA was viewed in a positive light (a very long time ago).

What the MPAA needs to do, is find a new business model based on the internet, as movie theaters are fast becoming a thing of the past. They should also stop hunting cammers, as the DVD rips are actually what cost them profits.

Concerning p2p, I don’t really see how to use it as an especially profitable business model. The majority of BitTorrent users download to try before they buy or simply to avoid paying. p2p will only ever work for free files or advertising based business models. The MPAA could afford the bandwidth for direct downloads anyway.

While Valenti was colorful, he verged on hyperbole. Dan is less colorful but this is appreciated across the spectrum in Congress. Dan is modest and his only flaw is following a legend.

Dan is also an incredibly nice and ethical guy – which counts for a lot in my book.