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...

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

This is the No. 1 priority fire — given the size and location of it,

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

What are the best kinds of stories we should be telling?

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.

I’m someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

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.

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...

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

I applaud the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their diligent effort to bring this ringleader of movie theft to justice and to ensure that...

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,

We have to keep this in historical perspective. Obviously, we want to do better. But the movie business is still pretty healthy.

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....

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

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

They are still there pouring over records and interviewing people, looking into both the plants food safety procedures and the degree to which Hudson’s has been forthcoming in providing timely and accurate information to the...

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...

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

[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...

Consumers can expect a safe and abundant food supply which will be there beyond January 1, the year 2000.

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...

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...

There have been some encouraging signs, but we must have much more aggressive enforcement.

No one should use this convention to close their borders to a whole host of products.

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

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...

Russian films, together with American films, incur losses.

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...

I think this is one of the areas we will get the support for, … We’re going to push.

All the way from major national restaurants and food retailers to hospitals and hotels, we now see organizations all over America involved,

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Despite increasing competition for consumers’ time and entertainment dollars, theatergoing remains a satisfying constant in people’s lives. That said, we can’t bury our heads in the sand. We do have to attract customers and keep...

This action is part of an aggressive campaign against pirate movie Web sites and consumer deception,

We have just got to roll up our sleeves and work on a variety of ways to help these folks through this terrible, terrible dry weather crisis,

We live in interesting times. It’s important how we respond in 2006 to these challenges. We are in state of ongoing change. The power of stories remain the key to our success. The play is...

They’re leading the way for other companies by their example.

What do you think, I’m stupid?

We’re in a period of great experimentation. The studios are pretty committed to traditional theatrical distribution, but it’s been changing.

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 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...

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

It’s the most extreme damage I have ever seen, … This is an event of extraordinary magnitude.

Working together we’ll see what we can do from a financial assistance perspective. … Drought is like an insidious cancer. It’s slow, it infects and it’s harder to deal with as a disaster,

I have intentionally left open some of the more divisive questions, … I think it’s important to have a full national and international discussion of this issue.

how we can work collaboratively and not be at each other’s throats.