[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

I've actually started to wonder if Dodd is pro-piracy. The stuff he says like calling the blackout "an abuse of power" seems like the kind of stuff you say when you're purposely trying to loose a fight. Now this?

Furthermore as a follow up to your story
Petition Asks White House to Probe MPAA's Chris Dodd Over Warning | Reuters

The MPAA loves to produce gems like the following. Something in their culture must be fostering stuff like THIS:

"I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone."[6]

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It seems that the MPAA has some assumptions about consumer behavior:
1. Consumers would always buy their products brand spanking new before doing anything else, such as renting or buying from resellers.
2. Consumers do not have a budget constraint.
3. Everyone already knows about the most obscure of movies, hence extra publicity is unnecessary.
4. Consumers are risk-loving or risk-neutral. When it comes to film, when a flop is purchased, the consumer will just buy something different with no change to their behavior.