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
We and others in our industry should do our best to eliminate gratuitous on-screen portrayals of smoking, particularly in movies that children see, ... I don't like to be in a position to dictate what a storyteller can or cannot say.
There are plenty of ways to download movies legally online, which is good for consumers and good for the movie industry, ... We won't tolerate this scam premised on the illegal swapping of valuable movie content.
We're not going to research how to make certain types of movies - that's not what we're talking about here.
Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our industry produces and advertises movies.
We want to make as many movies commercially available online as possible,
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.
Peer-to-peer technology is here to stay... What's more, the film industry will have to come up with a 'reasonable-cost', hassle-free way for people to download movies legally for it to continue to prosper.
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.
We screened that movie before members of Congress. Hopefully, the screening of the movie had some kind of an effect on the process.
Drought and other natural disasters continue to plague many of America's farmers, ... USDA is working to provide needed assistance and emergency loans for farmers during these tough times.
Farm income will rise because of the increased demand for corn, ... Rural incomes will rise as farm income increases and new jobs will be created by new ethanol plants.
Quite frankly, most members of both political parties agree that (the farm bill) is going to have to be rewritten, or rewritten in a very dramatic way. But, in the meantime ... we are going to try and provide these farmers and ranchers with assistance to help them make it through this terrible crisis,
The Supreme Court in its ruling sent a strong and clear message that businesses based on theft should not and will not be allowed to flourish, ... The clarity of the court's decision combined with this settlement provides the content and technology sectors a window of opportunity which I think ultimately will greatly benefit consumers.
Russian films, together with American films, incur losses.