[Ecommerce] MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban

[Jeff Williams]

Jamie and all,

  This might be of some interest to your readers..
See:

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2003/11/25/small_film_companies_sue_over_screener_ban/

  Look like again Jack "stepped into it yet again?  Looks to me like
at least these small movie houses are taking a prevention step/measure
in protecting their Intellectual property...

"Fourteen small movie houses are suing the Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA) trying to stop the ban on DVD
'screeners'. 'It will chill the financing of independent films by
limiting the awards they can receive', say the plaintiffs, who include
Talking Wall Pictures, Sandcastle 5 Productions and Salty Features.
Theyfeel they are being treated differently because several
'specialty' indy film shops are still allowed to send out 'numbered,
encoded videocassettes' to Oscar voters. This ban was issued by
MPAA President Jack Valenti initially to stop the illegal distribution
of DVD screeners on the Internet."

Regards,

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