Before the Oscars are handed out early March, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has announced its own annual awards. Wicked director Jon Chu is a proud recipient, but the bulk of the accolades go to lawmakers and the U.S. Government's IPR Center, who helped to combat online piracy. Perhaps not coincidentally, those lawmakers could help to push a pirate site blocking bill over the line.

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[–] basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago

Really ironic that wicked was the movie I pirated for my movie party last month

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago

[–] mount_snowden@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago

Gee, I really noticed. It's been impossible to pirate anything this year!

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

This is like getting an award for reminding the teacher to assign the class homework so reliably.

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope the trophies are shaped like hard dicks. Who's the biggest cocksucker for anti-piracy?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Ooh, and it’s a wall-mount award, which makes it convenient for the politicians in question

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

laughed too hard at this. lmao

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Senator Thune will receive an Industry Champion Award for his work on policies that encourage innovation and competitive choice for customers. We’re not aware of any pioneering copyright policy the Senate leader was involved in, but he did extensively advocate for consumer freedom, including the Filter Bubble Transparency Act.

The MPA hasn’t mentioned Thune in any communications on its website before, aside from the fact that MPA’s Senior Vice President of Federal Government Affairs worked for him previously. That said, the award shows that the movie industry group values his work and achievements.

"Here's an award!"

"What for?"

"For what you're going to do!"