Citing “a determined commitment to combat digital piracy and to save movie jobs in the future,†Jack Valenti President and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced today that the member companies of the MPAA and their subsidiaries plus DreamWorks and New Line would not send out any screeners for awards consideration purposes.
Today’s announcement is another in a series of initiatives taken by the MPAA to fight the theft of films.
Valenti underscored the deeply felt views of the MPAA Member Companies along with DreamWorks and New Line that digital thievery is the top priority of the Association. Valenti said: “The MPAA intends to deploy every weapon at its command. We have demonstrated this through the development and launch of a public education campaign utilizing public service announcements, theater trailers, a project with Junior Achievement and one million students in grades 5 through 9 studying what copyright means. We will also, as necessary, embrace and utilize law enforcement and technology, exiling no options across a broad front to ensure continuing employment for the almost-one million men and women who work in some aspect of the movie industry.â€Â
Additional information on this resolute effort can be found at www.respectcopyrights.org.
The following are the companies involved:
DreamWorks
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
New Line
Paramount Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox
Universal Studios
The Walt Disney Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
