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MPAA launches website to promote legal access to movies, TV shows
Hollywood studios are employing a new tool in their efforts to fight piracy: persuasion. After waging an unsuccessful effort last year to introduce legislation that would crack down on websites offering illegal copies of movies and TV shows, studios are...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Movies, Amazon.com Inc., Entertainment, Netflix Inc.
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Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Max Baucus, Politics, U.S. Congress, Elections
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MPAA's Dodd names his No. 2; pirate gets five-year sentence
Motion Picture Assn. of America chief Chris Dodd has named a tech and telecom veteran as his No. 2. The former U.S. senator from Connecticut on Friday announced that Diane Strahan would be chief operating officer of the film industry trade group....Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, AOL LLC, Trials, Punishment, Court Preliminary
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Retired Barney Frank wants interim Massachusetts Senate appointment
WASHINGTON -- Financial executives and Capitol Hill colleagues who thought they had seen the last of sharp-tongued Rep. Barney Frank holding court from atop a congressional dais might face him again soon -- if only for a short while. The outspoken...
Tags: Joe Scarborough, Deval Patrick, Politics, U.S. Congress, Elections
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House Ethics Committee finds no violations in Countrywide VIP probe
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has found no rules violations by lawmakers and staffers who used a VIP loan program from Countrywide Financial Corp. saying the allegations of special treatment fell outside the panel's jurisdiction. The...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, Edolphus Towns, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Elton Gallegly
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Central issues of Election 2012
Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...
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Berman enlists help from Barney Frank to dispute Sherman claims
PolitiCalProminent Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) excoriated Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) over his style and role on the financial services committee. Frank is supporting Sherman's rival for a San Fernando Valley congressional seat, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Valley... -
Patt Morrison Asks: Hollywood's pol, Chris Dodd
Hollywood loves comeback stories. Will SOPA/PIPA be one of them? The anti-piracy bills that were working their way through Congress with Hollywood's blessing got tanked by a massive online campaign — petitions, website blackouts, even T-shirts. From...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Media Industry, DVDs, Piracy, Movies
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JPMorgan's Dimon keeps his chairman job in shareholder vote
TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon will keep his jobs as chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shareholders overwhelmingly voted him back onto the board as well as approving executive compensation packages. Shareholders voted only 40% in...
Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Politics, White House, Elections
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Chris Dodd and Sean Penn in Haiti
Opinion L.A.Chris Dodd, the head of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, recently traveled to Haiti with Sean Penn.... -
Battle over ‘Bully’ rating heats up in nation’s capital
24 Frames"Bully": A battle over film ratings continued to escalate Thursday, as a chorus of filmmakers and lawmakers called on the Motion Picture Assn. of America to replace the “R” given to the teen-bullying documentary “Bully” with a less... -
'Bully' rating: Some, but not all, profanity cut to get PG-13
24 FramesThe Weinstein Co. has cut some profanity from the documentary "Bully," earning the film a PG-13 rating....
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