RIAA and MPAA Merger Announcement

H/T to John Haller.com on this item of interest to anyone who is a media user – and hey, who isn’t?

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman Dan Glickman and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) president Cary Sherman today announced the historic merger of the two organizations. The newly-created entity is being called the Music And Film Industry Association of America(tm), Inc. (MAFIAA(tm)).

“The RIAA and the MPAA have been pursuing very similar avenues with respect to their fight against piracy of music and movies for many years now,” Glickman said. “It just made sense to combine our efforts for maximum effectiveness.” Sherman agreed saying that “there’s definitely been some overlap to our methods recently. It took a while for the MPAA to go after its customers as strongly as we have, but they eventually came around.”

The newly formed organization’s first priority will be to continue the fight against fair use rights and open technological advances that do not meet with organization approval. “Consumers should not be able to listen to any music or enjoy any movie anywhere without our approval,” said Sherman.

In addition to coordination of anti-piracy efforts, a key benefit of the merger will also be reduced costs. “We no longer have to have both the movie and music industries buying up senators and congressmen to get restrictive copyright laws passed,” Glickman explained. “Now the representatives will be getting one sack of money from one organization. The cost savings to us will be tremendous.”

One final note from the Chief: “Warning: Satire Alert!)