nsane.forums Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Despite the ever increasing threat of online piracy, Hollywood is allocating less money to their flagship anti-piracy outfit. Tax records reveal that in a period of three years the major movie studios cut their payments to the MPAA in half. As a direct result the budget of the movie industry group reached a new low of $49.6 million, causing wage and legal fee payouts to plummet. Last week the RIAA’s latest tax filing revealed that the music group has lost nearly half of its revenue because the music labels reduced their membership dues. This downward trend is not limited to the music business – the MPAA isn’t doing any better financially either. The most recent IRS tax filing of the non-profit movie group covers 2010 and is slightly dated, but it nevertheless shows some noteworthy trends. Like the RIAA, the MPAA’s revenue has been dropping year after year. In just three years the revenue generated by the anti-piracy outfit reduced from $92.8 million to $49.6 million. The decreased budget is a direct result of the major Hollywood studios cutting back on their MPAA funding. In the same period membership dues dropped from $84.7 million to $41.5 million, more than a 50% decline. Unlike at the RIAA where there were 40% staff cutbacks, the MPAA managed to keep the number of employees on par. However, they are now working for a lower average salary. In three years the money spent on wages sunk from $29 million to $18.2 million. Not even former CEO Dan Glickman could avoid a drop in renumeration – his salary fell from $1.65 million to $1.11 million. However, that still made Glickman the best paid MPAA employee, closely followed by President Robert Pisano who resigned in 2011 after earning $1.09 million during his final year in the job. Wages are not the only area where massive cuts were made in the MPAA’s spending. In a three year period money paid to law firms plunged from $13 million to $5.6 million. But it’s not all dire news. The MPAA’s lobbying budget remained stable at $4.6 million and despite their dire financial position the group still had enough money available to give some away, such as a $25,000 grant to the Democratic Attorney Generals Association. Yes, that’s the organization of Vice President Joe Biden’s oldest son Beau. The same Joe Biden who reportedly took down Megaupload. That brings us to a final remark. Despite a dwindling budget the MPAA has booked some significant successes in the last year. The group was one of the main facilitators of the Megaupload investigation. The MPAA also played an important role in several movie streaming domain seizures and arrests, as well was the conviction of Anton Vickerman in the UK and the NinjaVideo admins in the US. While the MPAA certainly isn’t dead yet, one has to wonder how long they can continue if the Hollywood studios keep cutting back on their membership dues. If the downward spiral continues the movie industry group may have more difficulty “convincing” politicians and law enforcers. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 The money is simply being allotted into police raid forces so they can more easily fund the "kicking in of your door" to assure that your not an evil evil evil file sharer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mray88 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I'm not really sure how "dire" this news really is.... seems to me that unfortunately the Obama administration allowed them to accomplish many of their goals over the past year. Megaupload, Demonoid, many hosting services refusing links to residents of the USA, websites being obliterated whether the U.S. has the genuine authority to do so or not, and on. Having accomplished this and more over the past year, they may just believe they can cut back on their expenditures fighting piracy and make due with a smaller budget. If anything, given what's gone down this year, it sounds to me like they feel they've won the battle and are now just trimming their costs Whether or not it will all work out that way, I have no idea. But let's face it, they whupped the crap out of filesharing this year. They haven't ended it, but they really put one hell of a dent into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 And I strongly believe that they will all but destroy the freedom of file sharing before a global revolt takes place. I made a post on nsanedown (way back when it was called nsaneproductions) about the future of the internet and the coming "wars" that would be waged against file sharers. I wish more than ever I could get that post back, as it WAS written sometime about 4-5 years ago or more. I broke down EXACTLY as things have been happening now.Can an admin go back and possibly recover old entries, even as far back as 2007? What I wrote was somewhat of a prophet thing I think (sort of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 26, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2012 And I strongly believe that they will all but destroy the freedom of file sharing before a global revolt takes place. I made a post on nsanedown (way back when it was called nsaneproductions) about the future of the internet and the coming "wars" that would be waged against file sharers. I wish more than ever I could get that post back, as it WAS written sometime about 4-5 years ago or more. I broke down EXACTLY as things have been happening now. Can an admin go back and possibly recover old entries, even as far back as 2007? What I wrote was somewhat of a prophet thing I think (sort of). If it's this forum you are talking about. Then search the threads. We have threads like as old as 2005 or something. Don't use the search button though, it probably won't find the ones older than 2 years. Go through sections manually by opening the last pages of forum sections. I'm sure you'll find it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Is there a place I can go to see ALL of my old posts specifically? Noob question, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I don't remember the name of the original post which was NOT made by me. I simply responded to the post a VERY LONG time ago. I know it was file sharing or P2P or internet restriction related but beyond that, I can't remember the post name. As I said before, I made this post before the fall of nsaneproductions. I wasn't sure if posts from THAT era are still around even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 OK so I went and checked my posts. The furthest back that I could go was to 27 August 2011 which was by far NOT my first post that I ever created. I cannot look back any further than that date as they do not exist any further back, according to my findings anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 26, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's true that number of posts/threads you can find by your name is limited. That's why I said, do it manually. Start from the last pages of Site/Forum Feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well this could take a very long time to find. Does this go back BEFORE the site became nsanedown.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 26, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well this could take a very long time to find. Does this go back BEFORE the site became nsanedown.com? I don't know. But I guess it should. As I said, the threads go way back to 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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