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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/19/exclusive-hollywood-lobbyist-threatens-to-cut-off-obama-2012-money-over-anti/

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Dodd warns of Hollywood backlash against Obama over anti-piracy bill

Hollywood's top lobbyist and former Sen. Chris Dodd is threatening to cut off campaign funds to President Obama's re-election effort because of anger over the White House appearing to side with tech companies in a bitter fight over anti-piracy legislation.

http://www.mpaa.org/about/ceo

Christopher J. Dodd

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Former United States Senator Chris Dodd is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., which serves as the voice and advocate of the U.S. motion picture, home video and television industries around the world.

Appointed in March 2011, Senator Dodd leads the Association’s efforts to represent the interests of one of the most creative and productive industries in America.

http://thecreativecoalition.org/about/board-of-directors/

http://thecreativecoalition.org/about/advisory-board/

1 posted on 01/20/2012 7:01:46 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

http://thecreativecoalition.org/about/board-of-directors/

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Patricia Arquette
Richard Belzer
Lawrence Bender
Matthew C. Blank
Gerry Byrne
Lisa Caputo
Rachael Leigh Cook
Tim Daly
John Paul DeJoria
Dana Delany
Hector Elizondo
Cassian Elwes
Omar Epps
Giancarlo Esposito
Tom Fontana
Michael P. Frankfurt
Adrian Grenier
Doug Herzog
Caroline Hirsch
Margery Kraus
Tonya Lewis Lee
Barry Levinson
Rob Lowe
Eric Mika
Matthew Modine
Peggy Noonan
Tom Ortenberg
Hilary B. Rosen
Jeffrey A. Sachs
Hal Sadoff
Henry Schleiff
Stuart Match Suna
Steve Sunshine
Marlon Wayans
Alfre Woodard

http://thecreativecoalition.org/about/advisory-board/

ADVISORY BOARD
Richard Abramowitz
Jane Alexander
Eric Alterman
Abraham Altman
Armand Assante
Sean Astin
Alec Baldwin
William Baldwin
Kathie Berlin
Jeff Bewkes
Judy Blume
Connie Britton
Blair Brown
Colin Callender
Stockard Channing
Kenneth Cole
Stephen Collins
Chris Cuomo
Chuck D
Griffin Dunne
Antwone Fisher
Michael J. Fox
Michael Fuchs
Harriet Mayor Fulbright
Danny Goldberg
Tony Goldwyn
Marcia Gay Harden
Christie Hefner
Bianca Jagger
Aengus James
Michael S. Johnson
Harvey Keitel
Sharon Lawrence
Geraldine Laybourne
Bob Mitchell
Tim Blake Nelson
Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr.
Kevin O’Malley
Chazz Palminteri
Richard Plepler
Ron Reagan
Lou Reed
Amy Robinson
Rena Ronson
Aaron Ryder
Susan Sarandon
Richard Schiff
Randy Siegel
Tad Smith
Danel Stern
Ken Sunshine
Marlo Thomas
Stanley Tucci
Tamara Tunie
Montel Williams
Robin Williams
Michael Wudyka


2 posted on 01/20/2012 7:03:39 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

If Hollywood went broke tomorrow due to internet piracy or anything else it wouldn’t bother me in the least.

The trash they have put out for the last 20 years isn’t fit to watch anyway, and listening to rich actors who have damned little talent for acting , much less talent for Government tell me how I should live and what I should accept when it comes to queers and liberal politicians, and socialism is enough to gag a maggot.


6 posted on 01/20/2012 7:52:52 AM PST by Venturer
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To: maggief

So, the Hollywood elite put one of THE most crooked ex-Senators in charge? Lobby much? Another reason to boycott Hollywood and their largely crappy movies.

As for the lifelong Senator, making his fortunes through his cronies off the people’s backs and his POS legislation Dodd-Frank, I’d like to ask him how it feels to have government legislation screwing around with YOUR business? The irony.

I’d ask him...but I’d rather just spit in his eye. he should be starring in his own Alcatraz movie.
Spitting mad SueRae.


7 posted on 01/20/2012 8:30:08 AM PST by SueRae (I can see November from my HOUSE!!!!!!!! 11.06.2012, the Tower of Sauron falls,)
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To: maggief
if I was a congress critter, not only would I be against any of these bills, but I would be putting forth a bill to drastically reduce the duration that copyrights could last, before they are turned into public domain.

In my humble opinion, copyrights and patent durations have been inappropriately lengthened which ventures far from the original intent of having copyrights and patents in the first place, and have become inhibiting to capitalism instead of supportive.

9 posted on 01/20/2012 12:01:18 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: maggief
Anybody interested in this needs to read this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835685/posts
10 posted on 01/20/2012 8:22:26 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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