I don't think I've ever seen someone so openly admit that their "donations" are actually bribes to ensure specific results.

And I agree with the comment about their hypocritical comments about "the poor truck drivers and crew who are losing out from piracy". Maybe if the studios were not screwing the residuals paid, which go to funding crew union healthcare and pensions, they'd be slightly more believable. Like the way they class online streaming (add supported) as "promotional" and therefore no residuals are payable even though they make profits from them.

The studios have screwed everyone in the past, writers, actors, crew, investors, that no one cares when they bleat about being screwed themselves.

"If the MPAA is truly concerned about the jobs of truck drivers and others in the industry, then it can bring its overseas filming back to the US and create more jobs."

Snap, meet my good friend Oh.

Hello RICO investigation.

Overzealous ex staffer.

Whoa! Interesting.

Contributing to legislators' campaign funds is, sadly, legal. Directly tying it to specific votes on specific legislation is bribery. The MPAA and Chris Dodd desperately deserve Federal bribery charges with an extra helping of RICO sauce.

Darth_Lukecash: The MPAA is a vile trained honey badger enforcer for the media corporate elite.

No way. Honey badger can't be trained. Honey badger don't care.

21k signatures. It was only 8k when I signed yesterday.

Flint Ironstag: I don't think I've ever seen someone so openly admit that their "donations" are actually bribes to ensure specific results.

Same here, the big lie is that they are just donating to people who "share their ideals" but to openly admit that our political system goes to the highest bidder is a first for me too.

Happy Hours: Meh - this is all legal. It's no different from me writing by Congressman and saying if he votes for SOPA I won't contribute to his campaign and will instead send my money towards a challenger on the ballot and vote for him instead.

That is the American way, after all. Of course, I think the way it works is that they 'donate' to each side with any chance of winning since money is a lot less important than influence.

FTA: Motion Picture Ass. of America

*snickers*

Chris Dodd was just following Newt Gingrich's lead when he openly stated he was granting cabinet positions in exchange for endorsements and campaign contributions. If we arrested everyone for corruption Washington would become a ghost town.

Happy Hours: Meh - this is all legal. It's no different from me writing by Congressman and saying if he votes for SOPA I won't contribute to his campaign and will instead send my money towards a challenger on the ballot and vote for him instead.

You are not a corporation with specific legislation in mind to further your company's goals.

The MPAA is.

You are a consumer looking to protect your rights and access to information.

hai! is this the thread where well educated and mostly well paid people who insist they are not hipsters demonize the MPAA/RIAA in a transparently pathetic attempt to rationalize their own massive download stash? Or, as somebody told me in a previous thread in apparent seriousness: "you moran! studies prove that my piracy of anime actually helps anime sales!".

in another context, this is called blaming the rape victim. sure, the mpaa is a particularly sluttily dressed one, but still. unless you can honestly claim to have no blatantly pirated MPAA/RIAA stuff (and of course one or two of you will), really, STFU already.

Chris Dodd will be a featured speaker at the 2012 AIPAC Summit. AIPAC is the real stick here, every pol on the Hill knows it. To buck on the MPAA/RIAA is to risk the ire of AIPAC, just look at how the support for SOPA broke down - GOP pols could afford to jump ship on SOPA, knowing they're still good with AIPAC as rabid anti-Muslim hawks.

darkvstar: Chris Dodd was just following Newt Gingrich's lead when he openly stated he was granting cabinet positions in exchange for endorsements and campaign contributions. If we arrested everyone for corruption Washington would become a ghost town.

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Bomb Head Mohammed: hai! is this the thread where well educated and mostly well paid people who insist they are not hipsters demonize the MPAA/RIAA in a transparently pathetic attempt to rationalize their own massive download stash? Or, as somebody told me in a previous thread in apparent seriousness: "you moran! studies prove that my piracy of anime actually helps anime sales!".

in another context, this is called blaming the rape victim. sure, the mpaa is a particularly sluttily dressed one, but still. unless you can honestly claim to have no blatantly pirated MPAA/RIAA stuff (and of course one or two of you will), really, STFU already.

Not only was she slutly dressed, she was flirting with me...

If this results in Dodd himself having to spend some time in a Federal lockup, I'd be soooooo happy!

Will we ever have campaign finance reform?

Come on, Farkers, we can get that petition over 25,000 signatures!

ShawnDoc: C'mon farkers, we need just over 3k more signatures, I'm sure we can put it over the top.

Signed.

Or at least, I think so. That site is horrible on an Android phone. Geez, you'd think Obama's people would be more hip to technology or something.

In any reasonable place, campaign donations to get a thing done would be bribery, and threatening to withhold them in retaliation would be extortion. In the United States of Avarice, they are free speech as long as the ones doing it are rich. This is corruption on par with the Roman Empire just before it fell.

LarryDan43: Overzealous ex staffer senator.

darkvstar: Chris Dodd was just following Newt Gingrich's lead when he openly stated he was granting cabinet positions in exchange for endorsements and campaign contributions. If we arrested everyone for corruption Washington would become a ghost town.

Great, then they can all share a single cell...

I sometimes wish I could make a movie just for the opportunity of being in the same room as Chris Dodd and biatch slapping him.

ShawnDoc: C'mon farkers, we need just over 3k more signatures, I'm sure we can put it over the top.

Signed this last night.

Chris Dodd, ex-US senator and current CEO of the Motion Picture Ass. of America

Was I the only one who laughed at that sentence from the article? I know its an abbreviation but I still couldn't help myself when it comes to MPAA. They sure are some of the asses of America.

Bomb Head Mohammed: in another context, this is called blaming the rape victim. sure, the mpaa is a particularly sluttily dressed one, but still. unless you can honestly claim to have no blatantly pirated MPAA/RIAA stuff (and of course one or two of you will), really, STFU already.

This just in: If you've ever downloaded a song without paying for it, you're not allowed to complain about congresspeople being bribed. Also, you're probably a rapist.

(Is that what you were trying to say? That's what I got out of it)

darkvstar: Chris Dodd was just following Newt Gingrich's lead when he openly stated he was granting cabinet positions in exchange for endorsements and campaign contributions. If we arrested everyone for corruption Washington would become a ghost town.

You say that like its a bad thing... personally, I think they all need to go. Both sides forgot what they are there for. Not for them, but for us the people! They serve us and represent our wants and desires. Not theirs.

Bomb Head Mohammed: in another context, this is called blaming the rape victim

in that context there is an actual victim though

StrikitRich: Hello RICO investigation.

HAH Lobbying and Campaign donations are Protected Speech.

RICO only applies if you're screwing some of the people. When you're screwing ALL of the people it's cool.

Bomb Head Mohammed: hai! is this the thread where well educated and mostly well paid people who insist they are not hipsters demonize the MPAA/RIAA in a transparently pathetic attempt to rationalize their own massive download stash? Or, as somebody told me in a previous thread in apparent seriousness: "you moran! studies prove that my piracy of anime actually helps anime sales!".

in another context, this is called blaming the rape victim. sure, the mpaa is a particularly sluttily dressed one, but still. unless you can honestly claim to have no blatantly pirated MPAA/RIAA stuff (and of course one or two of you will), really, STFU already.

I've never pirated shiat (unless making mix tapes in the 80s counts), and this behavior sickens me. So you can STFU your own dumbass self.

I was happy to create an account over on whitehouse.gov and sign that!

well that was easy enough to sign. See you in hell, Dodd.

If this rises to the level of bribery in the eye's of Obama's DOJ it the final nail in the his secular fascism. He never should have angered his liberal overlords.

Really? We are going to honestly respond to a dude with the name Bombhead Mohammad as if was interesting in making a valid point?

And now that this story made it to Fark, I hope we can once again rely on the "Power of Fark" to push the signatures beyond 25,000 so that this bribe-happy guy can be investigated, put on the spot, and hopefully become an example as to why net censorship isn't such a good idea, especially if it's the result of bribery.

All in all can we even point out one artist that is in a financial bind because all their stuff is being pirated? (Difficulty: No porn actresses/actors)

Incontinental_Drift: I was happy to create an account over on whitehouse.gov and sign that!

Agreed. I signed up for an account there just now for the express reason of signing that petition.

It took about 3 minutes for the confirmation email to come in. All in all it was fast and painless.