Motion Picture Association of America

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is probably best known for
its voluntary film rating system and its support of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.

The MPAA has sought to protect its members' interests by political lobbying
for changes in copyright and criminal law. It seeks to promote digital
rights management technologies on personal computers, a move which has been
seen by some as infringing computer users' rights, and a potential threat to
freedom in the electronic domain.

The president of the MPAA is Jack Valenti, who is famous for his drastic
rhetorical comparisons. In a 1982 testimony before the House of
Representatives, he stated: "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."

The US movie industry had a good year in 2001, with 1500 million domestic
cinema admissions generating record revenues of $8410 million, while the
cost of making movies was reduced.
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Known IP Addresses

Anyone wishing to use IP blocking to stop the MPAA accessing their website
might find these addresses useful:

63.199.57.96-63.199.57.103 (subnet 63.199.57.96, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
63.199.57.120-63.199.57.127 (subnet 63.199.57.120, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
64.166.187.128-64.166.187.135 (subnet 64.166.187.128, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
64.166.187.144-64.166.187.151 (subnet 64.166.187.144, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
64.224.0.0-64.224.255.255 (subnet 64.224.0.0, subnet mask 255.255.0.0)
64.227.0.0-64.227.255.255 (subnet 64.227.0.0, subnet mask 255.255.0.0)
66.252.128.0-66.252.143.255 (subnet 66.252.128.0, subnet mask 255.255.240.0)
67.112.252.184-67.112.252.191 (subnet 67.112.252.184, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
67.125.49.192-67.125.49.199 (subnet 67.125.49.192, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
81.4.78.0-81.4.78.255 (subnet 81.4.78.0, subnet mask 255.255.255.0)
194.183.226.144-194.183.226.151 (subnet 194.183.226.144, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
194.183.226.192-194.183.226.223 (subnet 194.183.226.192, subnet mask 255.255.255.248)
198.70.114.0-198.70.114.255 (subnet 198.70.114.0, subnet mask 255.255.255.0)
208.50.66.224-208.50.66.255 (subnet 208.50.66.224, subnet mask 255.255.255.224)
209.67.0.0-209.67.255.255 (subnet 209.67.0.0, subnet mask 255.255.0.0)

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