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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 24, 2009

Studios Ax Industry Group Leaders

The head of the Motion Picture Association of America's anti-piracy division and its GC have been forced out in a shakeup over Internet piracy.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The head of the Motion Picture Association of America's anti-piracy division and the association's general counsel have been quietly forced out in what industry insiders said was a shakeup at the behest of movie studios unhappy with the MPAA's track record on curbing the illegal copying and distribution of movies on the Internet.

The MPAA, a trade organization that advo...

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