The Motion Picture Association of America once again attempted to pin me with the charge of “Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Motion Pictures.” Some of you may remember they tried this once before back in April 2001. This time around, they reference my Video page as the offending page and claimed that I was “unlawfully offering product.” This is simply not true, as I was only linking to a supplier who offers Song of the South in its original, PAL format release, and who then supplies the purchaser with a complimentary conversion copy. This was quite clearly stated on my Video page.
However, on July 8, I received a notice from my web host that my account had been suspended because of this incident. So, not wishing to sabotage my entire web site (and countless hours of work and research), I have complied with the MPAA’s wishes and removed the offending page. Both the MPAA and my web host have been informed of the compliance, so hopefully this will be the end of that.
If you’d like to see the email sent to me by the MPAA, I’ve archived it here.