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L.A. Times: Documentary Filmmaker Accuses MPAA of Pirating His Movie

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2006 - 8:18am.
Park City, Utah - The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has itself been accused of piracy, for making an unauthorized copy of a documentary by director Kirby Dick that explores the MPAA's movie ratings system. "We made a copy of Kirby's movie because it had implications for our employees," Kori Bernards, the MPAA's vice president for corporate communications, told the Times. Bernards alleged that Dick followed members of the MPAA ratings board as they drove their kids to school, and also went through their garbage. "We were concerned about the raters and their families," Bernards said, adding, "The courts recognize that parties are entitled to make a copy of a work for use as evidence in possible future proceedings."
http://tinyurl.com/a2hex (L.A. Times)
http://ifcblog.ifctv.com/kirbydic
tags: MPAA | Movie | Filmmaker | L.A. Times | Documentary |



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