Playing Diplomat: Chris Dodd Talks IP Protection at Political Conventions
By Karla Robinson
September 7, 2012
September 7, 2012
- MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd ventured to Tampa and Charlotte for the Republican and Democratic national conventions, conducting meetings with lawmakers and speaking about intellectual property protection.
- “Dodd issued a statement Tuesday praising the Democratic party platform, which calls for protections of Internet freedom as well as protection of intellectual property. He also praised the Republican platform language last week,” reports Variety. “But neither platform gets into the specifics that would trigger the kind of outcry that greeted the Stop Online Piracy Act anti-piracy legislation, which stalled in the face of an Internet protest in January.”
- Dodd said that SOPA had some issues, but he hopes that the tech businesses and movie industry will be able to work toward a “balance between a free and open Internet, and simultaneously protecting the intellectual property of this creative industry.”
- “I think there’s a growing effort in the industries themselves to find some common ground on how we manage to satisfy both industries going forward, and also some thought that if we need some sort of legislation, we are going to do it cooperatively if we can,” he noted.
- Dodd has stated his support for President Obama but he doesn’t think a Republican president and Congress would affect how he does his job. During his years as a senator, Dodd made many connections with notable Republicans and worked hard to collaborate with Republicans on bills.
- His visits to the conventions were fairly brief, contrasting the tech industry’s strong presence at the events. “Google has a giant pavilion made of shipping containers, and Facebook and Twitter have a heavy presence,” the article notes.
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