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I don't understand why you're sure of that, considering how pissed MPAA members are with the Obama administration over SOPA. But I guess deciding something is t

I don't understand why you're sure of that, considering how pissed MPAA members are with the Obama administration over SOPA. But I guess deciding something is true is easier than Googling it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/obama-sopa-chris-dodd_n_1217453.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/obama-sopa-chris-do...

NoPiece 14y ago
I googled it, and come up with a much more recent story about Obama raising a record $15 million at a Hollywood fundraiser. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-george-clooney-fundraiser-15-million-322630 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-george-clooney-f... So while the MPAA may have been posturing about being angry, the reality is they are going to continue to flood money into the Obama/Biden campaign.
- patdennis 14y ago
  There's a big difference between the Hollywood liberal crowd, who have always been hardcore Obama fans, and the lobbying wing of the MPAA. They are not the same community.
  - NoPiece 14y ago
    How are they not the same community? The MPAA is Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. The people at these Hollywood fundraisers work for and with Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. When the MPAA threatens to cut off funds, the implication isn't just that whatever amount the MPAA has to throw around will go away, it is that the big dollars from the 6 member studios and the super rich executive and celebrity donors will go away. But you still see that money flowing. Just one example, also from Hollywood Reporter, "Jamie and Michael Lynton - He’s CEO of Sony, and she’s a veteran Democratic activist. The two are raising $500,000-plus for Obama this season. Michael has had almost a dozen meetings at the White House, some regarding anti-piracy."
    - ascendant 14y ago
      Because the MPAA and RIAA represent the owners and executives of the movie and record companies. "Hollywood" is also comprised of moneyed actors, musicians and artists that generally tend to lean to the left politically. There is definitely a difference between the two "camps"
ArcticCelt 14y ago
In that perspective the Megaupload shutdown seems like a pretty good way to make amends right after the SOPA fiasco.

NoPiece 14y ago

I googled it, and come up with a much more recent story about Obama raising a record $15 million at a Hollywood fundraiser. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-george-clooney-fundraiser-15-million-322630 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-george-clooney-f... So while the MPAA may have been posturing about being angry, the reality is they are going to continue to flood money into the Obama/Biden campaign.

patdennis 14y ago
There's a big difference between the Hollywood liberal crowd, who have always been hardcore Obama fans, and the lobbying wing of the MPAA. They are not the same community.
- NoPiece 14y ago
  How are they not the same community? The MPAA is Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. The people at these Hollywood fundraisers work for and with Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. When the MPAA threatens to cut off funds, the implication isn't just that whatever amount the MPAA has to throw around will go away, it is that the big dollars from the 6 member studios and the super rich executive and celebrity donors will go away. But you still see that money flowing. Just one example, also from Hollywood Reporter, "Jamie and Michael Lynton - He’s CEO of Sony, and she’s a veteran Democratic activist. The two are raising $500,000-plus for Obama this season. Michael has had almost a dozen meetings at the White House, some regarding anti-piracy."
  - ascendant 14y ago
    Because the MPAA and RIAA represent the owners and executives of the movie and record companies. "Hollywood" is also comprised of moneyed actors, musicians and artists that generally tend to lean to the left politically. There is definitely a difference between the two "camps"

ArcticCelt 14y ago

In that perspective the Megaupload shutdown seems like a pretty good way to make amends right after the SOPA fiasco.