MPAA's CEO plans to leave in 2010

Dan Glickman, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, says he plans to leave the organization in September when his contract runs out.

On Monday, the blog Politico reported Glickman's departure plans, quoting him saying: "My guess is that I'll end up in the nonprofit or academic world. People who know me know I've had these great extracurricular interests that have been very significant in driving me."

On Friday, I cited an industry source who said that Glickman wouldn't last until the end of his contract. Apparently, the studios will let him stick around until then, but it's unlikely that many would have asked Glickman to stay beyond that, my sources said.

Politico's story on Monday cited problems with Glickman's lobbying efforts in Congress. My sources said there were plenty of people who were dissatisfied with the MPAA's antipiracy efforts.

On Friday, I wrote that the MPAA canned three of Glickman's top antipiracy chiefs and also changed the name of the unit from "antipiracy" to "content protection" as part of a major overhaul.

The content protection group is also being combined with the MPAA's legal department.

[MrBoomshadow]

Good. May he be replaced by someone who is not a technologically-backward clone of Jack Valenti.

[karpenterskids]

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that the new CEO won't be a complete anti-customer idiot.

[Michichael]

Hey, I'm hoping they hire another just like him as another nail in their coffin. I don't watch any movie that's got the MPAA's stamp on it unless it's on open cable. :P

[ofmyony]

Get rid of the Anti-Piracy warnings on DVD's and dump DRM and let me make and use digital copies for personal use, that's all

[ofmyony]

Oh I forgot I can do that now

[SIGHUP]

Maybe they will hire Darl McBride to replace him.

I just watched a movie called "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" and it really opened my eyes as to how the MPAA is just a shady organization, run by the movie studios and movie theaters. The MPAA will do everything in their power to keep independent film makers from getting their products out to the masses, by slapping an NC-17 rating on them, thus protecting their own big budget, big studio garbage. If you have ever wondered why we are stuck with the horrible crop of films (Transformers, G.I. Joe, the last Indiana Jones, etc...), watching this movie will help you out. They are a lot of Indie movies out there, but they are smothered because of a system that doesn't use any type of standard in rating one film to the next.