Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickmanis an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Kansas's 4th congressional district of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of Americafrom 2004–2010. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on public health, national security, and economic policy issues. He also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 November 1944
CountryUnited States of America
As an industry we recognize the need for more innovation in the area of portability and copyright protection. We want people to be able to enjoy movies on various home entertainment devices without infringing on copyright laws, and we will continue to look for ways to marry those concepts so people can get movies hassle free at a reasonable cost.
Despite increasing competition for consumers' time and entertainment dollars, theater-going remains a satisfying constant in people's lives.
The movie industry is committed to working with the technology sector to find innovative new ways to deliver entertainment to consumers.
The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
Our ultimate goal is a global market for films and filmed entertainment unimpeded by the artificialities of government policies, instead governed only by the tastes and demands of the audiences and our ability to meet those demands.
Everyone knows how to sum up box office in 2005. It was down. This is not breaking news. What is important in 2006 is how we respond to the changing marketplace.
Not to suggest that movies are like pork chops. But those campaigns were done because the market sales and volumes of individual consumer brands were falling, and this reversed the trend.
I'm not Jack, and this is what I need to do.
None of that makes any difference if there's not a story to put on those things. They're just empty screens.
I wanted to support my friend Ron Meyer and his company for doing something of this significance. Is it too soon to make it? I think people will judge that for themselves. My judgment is it's not too soon. The longer you get away from it, the further your personal memories are of it. In this film, people can see how average people can rise out of their shells and do amazing things.
That said, we can't bury our heads in the sand. We have to do more to attract customers and keep regulars coming back. It is no secret that our industry faces new challenges but with every challenge, there is an exciting opportunity.
The message is one that is best heeded by Internet pirates the world over, namely that you can and will be found, prosecuted and punished for the theft of intellectual property.
The U.S. government's request for information on the administrative, civil and criminal actions to enforce China's intellectual property rights obligations is critical to ensuring China's international commitments and to protecting the rights of the U.S. copyright industries,
They are leading the way for other companies by their example.