Another industry trade group, the National Association of Broadcasters, is led by Gordon Smith, a Republican, who served with Biden in the Senate. In a video message to members, Smith emphasized his relationship to the president-elect.
The most pressing need is for a new relief package, as movie theaters desperately need a lifeline. The question is whether there may be a new package during the lame-duck session of Congress, or whether it will have to wait until Biden is sworn in. The pre-election negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin went on for weeks, but in the end they were said to be far apart. Some surmise that Mitch McConnell will go for a deal if he believes that a new deal is something that could potentially help Republican chances of winning Georgia’s two Senate seats, which will decide whether the Senate stays in party hands. “There is a positive vibe that something is going to get done,” said one industry source.
At times, the MPA has seized on the situation to call for greater platform accountability, but the studios have largely stayed out of thornier congressional debates over Section 230. It’s unclear if the environment would change enough to pursue major anti-piracy legislation, but the strategy of recent years has been to pressure tech platforms to take greater steps to curb infringement.
Richard Bates, SVP Government Relations for Disney, said, “We love Joe Biden. We are very positive about his support for intellectual property and anti-piracy issues.”
Esperamos que melhore há muitos desempregados nessa área aguardando tudo voltar ao normal
Industry will appear to shrink. Decentralization of Entertainment is gonna take a big piece out of the studios, agencies and law firms. This would happen regardless of who is POTUS.