Privacy YES, Piracy NO: UCLA Professor Richard Walter Weighs In on the PERFORM Act

Privacy YES, Piracy NO: UCLA Professor Richard Walter Weighs In on the PERFORM Act

Public and popular culture is America's most powerful creation.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Of films made outside the United States, only one in ten is shown beyond its country of origin, but all American films are on global display. Creative intellectual property -- American film, music, literature, games and other software -- reduces the budget deficit and contributes favorably to the international balance of trade. The entertainment industry is the largest employer in the Golden State, consistently providing scores of thousands of jobs across the land. Creative commerce is smokestack-free; it extols our most cherished values while bolstering the American dream. It does not pollute the aquifer. Rather it fortifies and nourishes the very core of artistic endeavor.

First and foremost, the intent of the PERFORM Act is to protect privacy. Secondly, it embraces consensus, burying the failed adversarialism that has long darkened the relationship between content creator and user. It transforms opponents into partners, rather than encouraging futile, frustrating and costly litigation.

Protecting the identity of users as it prevents infringement, the PERFORM Act advocates essential creativity and dissemination of intellectual property. Simply stated: privacy yes, piracy no.

If the technology exists which solves the issues of privacy and piracy, it should be implemented as the language dictates in the PERFORM Act. Failure to pass the PERFORM Act promptly would represent a blow to consumer privacy as well as America's pre-eminence in the entertainment industry.

Hank Risan, CEO of Media Rights Technologies, confirms, "Since 2001, MRT has actively worked with content creators, consumer groups, educators, and legislators to solve this massive problem, ensuring that consumer privacy is top priority."

About Richard Walter

Professor Richard Walter is a screenwriter and best-selling author of fiction and nonfiction. As Chairman of UCLA's legendary Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting program he is also (according to the Wall Street Journal) "...the prime broker for Hollywood's hottest commodity: new writers." His students write major and independent films including WAR OF THE WORLDS, SIDEWAYS, SPIDER-MAN, and the JURASSIC PARK series. He is a media pundit who appears regularly on radio and television on such programs as The Today Show, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, Hardball With Chris Matthews, Scarborough Country and more. He is a court-authorized expert on intellectual property issues, experienced with testifying in litigation involving copyright infringement and plagiarism.

About Media Rights Technologies

Media Rights Technologies, www.mediarightstech.com , creates and licenses content management and enablement solutions, empowering the effective distribution of any digital content: entertainment, personal, commercial, or educational. In addition MRT is a leading developer of intellectual property focused on technologies that enable the commercial success of digital media distribution.

Media Contacts: Leslie Kallen, 818.906.2785, leslie@lesliekallen.com
Quake Cox, Media Rights Technologies
831.426.4412, quake@mediarightstech.com

Source: Media Rights Technologies; Richard Walter

CONTACT: Leslie Kallen, +1-818-906-2785, or leslie@lesliekallen.com; or
Quake Cox of Media Rights Technologies, +1-831-426-4412, or
quake@mediarightstech.com

Web site: http://www.mediarightstech.com/

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