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Studio tries anti-piracy 'charm offensive'
Hollywood is responding to the defeat of a pair of controversial copyright Bills last month with a new strategy: a charm offensive.
Paramount Pictures sent letters last week to universities, saying that the company was humbled by last months online protests that involved millions of internet users - and that it now wants to exchange ideas about content theft, and the best way to thwart it.
The letters were signed by Alfred Perry, Paramounts vice president for worldwide content and outreach. Paramount is a subsidiary of Viacom, and one of the members of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), an ardent supporter of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are designed to target offshore websites accused of piracy.
The MPAA, too, has toned down its attacks on SOPAs opponents. Before the protests, MPAA chief Chris Dodd called the blackouts an irresponsible response, a ...
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