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		MPAA's Chris Dodd threatens to cut off Hollywood's campaign contributions if Obama does not change his position on SOPA (foxnews.com)		478
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styckx		2012-01-20 05:53:27 AM

A White House official later told Fox News the vice president isn't brokering a deal, suggesting Biden misspoke.

This is a first..

Secret Agent X23		2012-01-20 06:27:06 AM

Dodd, who became CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America after leaving the Senate in 2011, noted the movie "Avatar" was stolen by online pirates 21 million times. Such acts, he said, threaten to decimate his industry.

Chris, buddy, come here. Listen, let me clue you in on something: Pointing to your all-time box office champ isn't going to convince anyone with a functioning brain that piracy is hurting your little industry.

Yeah, yeah, I know. That still doesn't account for Congress...

CPT Ethanolic		2012-01-20 06:50:38 AM

Another congress whore becomes a corporate whore. Shocking.

Weaver95		2012-01-20 07:36:48 AM

Did Chris Dodd just make a terrorist style threat towards the President of the United States...?

Hobodeluxe		2012-01-20 07:36:51 AM

CPT Ethanolic: Another congress whore becomes a corporate whore. Shocking.

to be fair...he was always a corporate whore. they all are.

Weaver95		2012-01-20 07:40:20 AM

In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Dodd fired off a warning to Obama -- his former Senate Democratic colleague in this election year -- "don't take us for granted."

well you could certainly take your case to the public. oh...wait...no, you can't. you actually pissed on the average voter didn't you? well how about that. you pissed on the average voter (and consumer) and they bit back and now the backlash has f*cked up your legislative agenda. kinda sucks to be you guys, don't it?

mamoru		2012-01-20 07:42:10 AM

I'd be more encouraged to vote for Obama's re-election if I knew he wasn't receiving (or better yet wasn't accepting) campaign contributions from the MPAA or any other group intent on curtailing freedoms in order to increase their own profits.

styckx		2012-01-20 08:29:11 AM

Weaver95: Did Chris Dodd just make a terrorist style threat towards the President of the United States...?

I can't say yes or no, but it's definitely a huge grey area he is treading.

Walker		2012-01-20 08:30:10 AM

Obama just released a statement that reads quote BRING IT B*TCHES! unquote.

LockeOak		2012-01-20 08:30:27 AM

Hobodeluxe: CPT Ethanolic: Another congress whore becomes a corporate whore. Shocking.

to be fair...he was always a corporate whore. they all are.

Some more than others, but Dodd was definitely on the "more than" side.

/counterpoint: bernie sanders

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2012-01-20 08:32:10 AM

Hooboy I hope that guy isn't weirdly emotionally invested in his personal website because he's about to get the DOS attack that is really going to hurt his feelings and then the internet is going to get really tough on him... didn't he see what the internet did to the regime in Iran? That dude is going to be his own hashtag and he better not post on any forum because he will get flamed within an inch of his life.

rebelyell2006		2012-01-20 08:32:28 AM

Obama should respond by getting the Attorney General to take down the RIAA and MPAA using the RICO Act. Just for kicks. The Chicago way.

LegacyDL		2012-01-20 08:32:48 AM

Chris Dodd needs to go blow on a bushel of moldy dicks.

Jake Havechek		2012-01-20 08:32:50 AM

Chris Dodd is Christy Carlson Romano's uncle, so he has a conflict of interest here.

BurnShrike		2012-01-20 08:33:26 AM

Can we just drag this guy into the street and beat him yet?

TheGreatGazoo		2012-01-20 08:33:54 AM

People will download Yoko Ono albums if they are free. I know people that have enough stuff downloaded that it would take them decades to watch it all. It is more akin to hoarding than anything.

How long does it take from the theater release for Avatar to be released for DVD? Netflix? Redbox? Do you have to sit through the FBI warning and an ad for blu ray (on a blu ray player) that tells you how awesome blu ray is?

LazarusLong42		2012-01-20 08:33:59 AM

mamoru: I'd be more encouraged to vote for Obama's re-election if I knew he wasn't receiving (or better yet wasn't accepting) campaign contributions from the MPAA or any other group intent on curtailing freedoms in order to increase their own profits.

This.

NewportBarGuy		2012-01-20 08:34:07 AM

I sentence Angelo Mozillo and Chris Todd to 25 years of watching Avatar non-stop with no bathroom breaks or sleep. Case dismissed!

CPennypacker		2012-01-20 08:34:17 AM

Publicly attempting to blackmail the President of the United States? Strong work friend.

Hawnkee		2012-01-20 08:34:18 AM

Rich people problems.

NewportBarGuy		2012-01-20 08:34:45 AM

Dodd! Chris Dodd! Oh, you poor other person. I almost killed you. I'm so sorry.

BMFPitt		2012-01-20 08:34:55 AM

So Obama can alienate some people in Hollywood, or the entire rest of the country. He'll have to think about that one.

Im In Love With Americans		2012-01-20 08:35:23 AM

Mr Dodd seems like a man who, more than anything, needs to have him some sex.

DON.MAC		2012-01-20 08:35:43 AM

I'm wondering what would happen if the google PR machine would wine and dine this idiot for a while if for no other reason than to keep him busy.

beefoe		2012-01-20 08:36:50 AM

Weaver95: Did Chris Dodd just make a terrorist style threat towards the President of the United States...?

¿Qué?

It's awfully close to a bribe, i.e. if you do X I will give you Y, but "terrorist style"? How so?

Tor_Eckman		2012-01-20 08:37:04 AM

Im In Love With Americans: Mr Dodd seems like a man who, more than anything, needs to have ~~him some sex~~ a red hot poker shoved up his arse.

Fixed.

ikanreed		2012-01-20 08:37:37 AM

How the hell does this not establish a clear quid pro quo with impeachment for Dodd, and indictment for MPAA execs?

exatron		2012-01-20 08:37:44 AM

He realizes that the internet could theoretically cut off funding for Hollywood, right?

/Yes, I realize it won't happen unless we can convince people that missing an episode of Survivor won't kill them.

ksdanj		2012-01-20 08:38:30 AM

Im In Love With Americans: Mr Dodd seems like a man who, more than anything, needs to have him some sex.

He lost his tag team partner when Teddy died.

Jisaw		2012-01-20 08:38:37 AM

"It'd be a shame for some unfortunate 'accident' to befall your campaign, Mister President."

BitwiseShift		2012-01-20 08:38:45 AM

How can this be on the internets? I thought the power of SOPA is to kill the internets. By the way I just copyrighted the name Chris Dodd© and Hollywood© and want the MPAA web site shut down to get their IT staff a little overtime.

AngryDragon		2012-01-20 08:38:47 AM

Did he just try to use extortion on the President of the United States?

Where is DHS now? If there was ever a time for a no-knock warrant and detention without trial, THIS IS IT.

andrewagill		2012-01-20 08:38:51 AM

Loquiturne quid? Pro quo?

mytdawg		2012-01-20 08:38:53 AM

Wow. Just wow. The imbeciles are emboldened.

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-01-20 08:38:57 AM

NewportBarGuy: I sentence Angelo Mozillo and Chris Todd to 25 years of watching Avatar non-stop with no bathroom breaks or sleep. Case dismissed!

I would suggest six hours of Twilight movies, but as annoying as these people are, I simply can't wish death upon them.

Mr. Shabooboo		2012-01-20 08:39:34 AM

So he's saying that the MPAA and RIAA will stop paying if he doesn't support legislation that is in their
interest? That sounds like attempted bribery and/or real bribery to me..The FBI needs to investigate this
and leave MegaUpload (a company based in another country, and owned by no-US citizens) alone..

NewportBarGuy		2012-01-20 08:40:04 AM

ikanreed: impeachment for Dodd

Dodd has transmogrified from a corrupt Senator to a corrupt corporate cumdumpster. We can't impeach them, but we can put their heads on spike in the town square.

IlGreven		2012-01-20 08:40:17 AM

...so Obama is kinda-sorta not fully committed to SOPA. And there go the Hollywood Liberals.

/Of course he signs it if it comes to his desk. He's not there to bog down bipartisanship, right?

Shadowknight		2012-01-20 08:41:00 AM

Did he honestly cite the downloads of "Avatar" as an example of piracy hurting the industry? Really? You'd really thing that a (former) politician would have better PR insticts than that.

AdamK		2012-01-20 08:41:00 AM

Public bribery, would expect no less from Hollywood

Brother_Mouzone		2012-01-20 08:41:38 AM

it seems fairly obvious to me that this sopa is going to die an early death soon. The sponsor, Marco Rubio, a republican has backed off big time, in Illinois Senator Kirk, another Repub is bailing. This is pretty much a DOA thing.

Mr. Right		2012-01-20 08:43:12 AM

Obama won't miss the contributions from the MPAA. He gets more than enough from his Wall Street cronies. You know, those guys who loan the money to the entertainment industry like all of the MPAA members.

PanicMan		2012-01-20 08:43:14 AM

In addition, any lost Hollywood support could be made up with votes and dollars from the tech community, which is lobbying the issue just as aggressively.

Wouldn't that be something to see? The tech community is finally realizing that they have both the numbers and the dollars to be a forcing function in politics. Let's make this happen.

wingnut396		2012-01-20 08:43:24 AM

Its too bad boycotts rarely work. We really need to stop buying TV, movies, music and all the other crap these industries produce for a year. Not a day, not a week. The whole freaking year.

But, too many people will want their American Idol and Saw 57.

Headso		2012-01-20 08:43:39 AM

All players involved even those reporting it are so used to the idea that these special interests bribe and receive special treatment for their bribes that the story is just about Obama losing some bribe money and not about the fact that this guy publicly admits attempting to bribe the president.

IlGreven		2012-01-20 08:43:49 AM

exatron: He realizes that the internet could theoretically cut off funding for Hollywood, right?

/Yes, I realize it won't happen unless we can convince people that missing an episode of Survivor won't kill them.

Doesn't matter how many people turn off Survivor if none of them have Nielsen boxes.

HotWingConspiracy		2012-01-20 08:43:58 AM

Dodd, who became CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America after leaving the Senate in 2011, noted the movie "Avatar" was stolen by online pirates 21 million times. Such acts, he said, threaten to decimate his industry.

How much money did Avatar make? Not really the best example of profits being hamstrung.

Anyway, where is "Hollywood" going to go with their money? To the party that considers them as an enemy?

thelordofcheese		2012-01-20 08:44:50 AM

Who the fark is Dodd?

Bleyo		2012-01-20 08:44:55 AM

Hmmm... Wikipedia or Avatar... Which one could I do without...

Hmmmm...

/EABOD, Dodd

burning_bridge		2012-01-20 08:44:59 AM

Secret Agent X23: Dodd, who became CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America after leaving the Senate in 2011, noted the movie "Avatar" was stolen by online pirates 21 million times. Such acts, he said, threaten to decimate his industry.

Chris, buddy, come here. Listen, let me clue you in on something: Pointing to your all-time box office champ isn't going to convince anyone with a functioning brain that piracy is hurting your little industry.

Yeah, yeah, I know. That still doesn't account for Congress...

No kidding. That movie only made more money than almost anything in the history of everything. Terribad example. Of course these idiots are still doing the numbers as if each one of those downloads was a lost sale which is a horribly stupid way to look at things. If a person hears a song off my car stereo that doesn't count for a lost sale no matter how much you wish it did.

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