This week in hypocrisy: The Motion Picture Association of America recently admitted that it had made unauthorized DVD copies of a feature documentary submitted to Sundance. The feature in question, “This Film Is Not Yet Rated” was submitted to the MPAA by director Kirby Dick, to be rated. He specifically requested them not to make dupes. They responded “the confidentiality of your film is our first priority.”…and then promptly made copies, one article states that the copies were distributed to MPAA employees.

What is not clear is whether the submitted DVD was encrypted with CSS…which would require software like DeCSS to rip the DVD, thus violating the DMCA law that the MPAA is so quick to invoke against others. The plot thickens.

There is some spirited discussion on this subject over at Slashdot.