Dan Glickman Quotes (69 Quotes)


    Despite increasing competition for consumers' time and entertainment dollars, theater-going remains a satisfying constant in people's lives.

    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.

    The MPAA views this partnership with Internet2 as an important opportunity for collaboration as we seek to link new delivery models with content protection. The MPAA and its member companies have a wide range of expertise in both areas, and I believe we can add a positive, constructive perspective.

    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.

    The organic classification is not a judgment about the quality or safety of any product. Organic is about how it is produced. It is a process issue,


    We are glad that Bram Cohen and his company are working with us to limit access to infringing files on the BitTorrent.com website.

    If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them.

    We're not going to research how to make certain types of movies that's not what we're talking about here. Our highest priority is protecting the integrity of our product.

    This settlement culminates a four-year investigation, ... The plea agreement not only serves as punishment to the offenders, it also offers the opportunity to repay farmers who were financially damaged by these criminal acts.

    And yet talk to Hollywood and the establishment that should be crushing him seems in awe instead He's obviously a very brilliant guy, ... have some revolutionary ideas and interesting concepts and we have been talking with them.

    The movie industry is committed to working with the technology sector to find innovative new ways to deliver entertainment to consumers.

    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.

    Giving farmers more flexibility to pay back their loans will help many of them stay in business during this difficult period of low prices, ... USDA is committed to providing needy family farmers as much help handling loan repayments as we possibly can, in addition to making credit more accessible.

    We've got to do a better job of segregating those commodities to make sure that ... we basically protect people from things that haven't been approved, ... The FDA is monitoring the situation very closely, very carefully. I don't think there is any public health and safety issue here, but the fact is the product has not been approved for human consumption. It should not be served.

    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.

    We screened that movie before members of Congress. Hopefully, the screening of the movie had some kind of an effect on the process.

    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 will also consult closely with other major food producers, such as the European Union, and we will be careful to avoid any steps that would disrupt international agricultural markets or reduce incentives for Russian farmers,

    We have followed most commodities from the time they arrive in Russia to the point of distribution,

    It appears to be more about trade than the promotion of cultural diversity. The World Trade Organization is the place for (trade),

    There are thousands of new concepts floating around the hi-tech community about how to develop tools to fight piracy,

    Concern over the war in Iraq and weakness in the job market has caught up with President Bush,

    Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our industry produces and advertises movies.

    The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

    This drought couldn't have come at a worse time for farmers, ... are receiving the lowest prices they've received for their commodities in 20 or 30 years, especially when you talk about corn, soybeans and wheat.

    We have the hottest, driest weather in perhaps 50 years we have thousands of lightning strikes an hour we have 300 new fires every day in the West, largely because of lightning strikes,

    When we certify organic, we are certifying not just a product, but the farming and handling practices that yield that product,

    The MPAA is committed to educating students, parents and all consumers to aggressively tackle the threat of piracy and stem the disturbing societal trend of illegal activity online by students of all ages, ... That is why we have joined SIFE, partnering with some of our country's most creative, bright and energetic students to engage them in this discussion and enlist their help in the campaign on campuses.

    Meat and poultry is safe. It's safer than it's probably ever been.

    Kansas is not going to become the Hollywood of the future. But the film studios are looking to make quality stories, interesting stories, all over the country.

    Piracy not only has an economic impact on our industry, ... but it has an impact on the creative spirit in this country.

    You will see regional negative effects in local economies, ... And you will see income loss among local farmers.

    But ultimately, I'm not sure what impact it will have. I don't think people will want to watch a 1 12- or two-hour movie on something the size of their hand, but it could have value to advertise and promote movies. We're generally encouraging online movies, and there are all sorts of ways of working against piracy, ... the biggest threat to our industry.

    I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.

    Hudson will recall all product that originated at the Columbus, Neb., plant, destroy all product they have on hand at that plant and immediately cease operations there, until they've adopted far more stringent safety standards that we have specifically laid out for them based on what we have found in our investigation,

    We're spending today, depending upon which agency of government, significantly more money on fire preparedness and treatment than we were spending in 1993, ... I think the real issue is that we have a situation that has been unparalleled in the last 50 years right now, and that has to do with what I call 'the perfect storm' phenomenon of weather and fuel loads.

    There is not a budget cap on firefighting, ... When it comes to natural disasters, the government does respond, and Congress does respond, the president does respond.

    College students now share the general public's more mixed view of the president, and Senator Kerry is benefiting from that shift. Still, these are highly independent voters who are open to persuasion and it would be in the interests of both parties to court them aggressively.

    Researching and developing these technologies now will help save the major studios and other motion picture producers and distributors money in the future,

    Where there is disease, it tends to spread much faster. Therefore, it creates additional risk that we might not have had 30, 40, 50 years ago.

    There's a new guideline added to encourage physical activity that's very critically important, ... There is a new guideline added to encourage safe food handling by consumers. That's very nontraditional, but we thought it was very important.

    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.

    Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.

    Agriculture is particularly vulnerable to the whims of nature,

    While there is no single silver bullet to cure all food safety problems, irradiation has been shown to be both safe and effective, ... USDA is committed to approving new technologies that offer industry additional tools to help produce even safer food.

    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.

    Without those services, the system will degrade over time.

    It is the best of a win-win situation, ... It is both humanitarian foreign policy and humanitarian domestic policy.

    Digital File Check is easy to use and can help people prevent their employees, children and others from illegally downloading and swapping movies.

    I believe that the politicians in Russia need to make this a much higher priority.


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