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The Motion Picture Association of America, the organization
that plays a major part in nearly every movie made, is shutting
down thousands of websites worldwide and suing countless
individuals simply because they offer information on DVD
technology that the MPAA wants to keep out of your hands.
The MPAA doesn't want you to have the ability to play the
DVD's YOU BUY on any DVD player or computer that
they don't control.
Imagine if you no longer had the right to buy imported
CD's. With DVD's you can be prevented from playing any disc
that is bought in another country. You could easily find
yourself not able to watch a movie at a friend's house,
because his video player isn't blessed by the MPAA.
The MPAA wants to be able to control not only the content,
but the hardware as well.
A recently written computer program allows consumers to
do something the MPAA doesn't want them to do - use DVD
technology in a competitive and individually tailored environment.
People who do this are NOT DVD pirates! Recent MPAA
statements have repeatedly claimed that piracy is the only
issue here. It has ALWAYS been possible to copy DVD's
-- that is not what the people being sued, threatened, and
intimidated are doing.
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What the MPAA doesn't want you to know is that they
want TOTAL CONTROL over every aspect of consumer
DVD use. Some technologically adept people have figured
out ways of using this technology and that has been
deemed a crime by the MPAA. By threatening publishers
and free speech advocates with fines and imprisonment
if they continue to explore this technology, the MPAA
has stifled free speech in a way that's never been done
before in this country. If they are allowed to continue,
this repressive atmosphere could spread to all aspects
of our lives. You could one day find yourself being
prosecuted for something as simple as opening the hood
of your own car to find out what's making that funny
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Help us spread the word and stop the MPAA from dealing
a crippling blow to the First Amendment in the name of profits.
THEM:
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Columbia Pictures
Tristar Pictures
555 Madison Ave Fl 9
New York, NY 10022
(212) 833-6100
10202 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 244-4000
http://www.sony.com/
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Paramount Pictures
1633 Broadway # 1801
New York, NY 10019
(212) 654-7000
5555 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 956-5000
http://www.paramount.com/
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Motion Picture
Association of America
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 995-6600
http://www.mpaa.org/
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
1350 Avenue Of Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-0300
2500 Broadway
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 449-3000
http://www.mgmua.com/
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Universal City Studios
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 777-1000
http://www.mca.com/
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Disney Enterprises
500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
(818) 560-1111
disney.go.com
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Twentieth Century Fox
10201 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 369-1000
http://www.fox.com/
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Time Warner Entertainment
75 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10019
(212) 484-8000
http://www.warnerbros.com/
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We're
not their enemy - we're their customers.
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