And Here Come The MPAA Lawsuits
Right on cue, here's the press release announcing the MPAA's legal offensive on people who would dare to view Maid in Manhattan without ponying up the Blockbuster rental fee. We'll spare you the pain of slogging through the entire document by noting that when such a statement begins with the title Studios to Begin Suing Illegal Film File Swappers: Governor, Legislators, Studio Executives, Union Leaders, Filmmakers and Others Back Movie Industry in Actions Against Traffickers, you're not going to anticipate a page-turner. However, we're grateful Dan Glickman cut off the list of supposed supporters for the litigation with "and Others," rather than running the full litany, which continued with "Our Newly-Elected President, the Troops in Iraq, Fans of Freedom, Mothers of Children Suffering from Pediatric AIDS, the ghost of Frank Sinatra, Anyone with a Conscience, the Cute Little Puppies That Asphyxiate Every Time You Initiate a Download, a Nondenominational Vision of God, and Anyone Who Doesn't Wish to Spend Eternity Licked by Hellflame." See, the new MPAA is really learning restraint!