Welcome to Hollywood — well Las Vegas — Chris Dodd.
In one of his first official speeches since being named the Motion Picture Association of America chairman and CEO, the former Democratic Senator vowed to get tough on piracy.
"It is critical that we aggressively educate people to understand that movie theft is not just a Hollywood problem. It is an American problem," Dodd said in his introductory remarks at CinemaCon on Tuesday.
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The timbre of the speech was more political barnstormer than wonkish state of the industry address.