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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Dear MPAA,

Congratulations on your record setting weekend!!! Now, please stop trying to impose restrictions on consumers.

Not only don’t MPAA’s own studies not back up their inflated piracy claims, but real world experience doesn’t either. Last weekend The Dark Knight opened to rapturous reviews and record-setting revenues – despite the fact that unauthorized copies of the movie were easily available online. Clearly the relationship between piracy, file sharing and box office receipts is not as linear as the movie industry claims.

Put a different way, even in the internet age, if you make an excellent movie then people will come see it. Given last weekend’s unambiguous lesson, we hope the MPAA will drop its demands for the broadcast flag, analog hole legislation, selectable output control, and other unnecessary consumer limitations. But we’re not holding our breath.

posted by Digital Freedom Campaign # 10:43 AM

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