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The Motion Picture Association is an industry organization appearing in records of age-assurance legislation, business-verification advocacy, research funding and litigation. Some older filings use the Motion Picture Association of America name, which is preserved when identifying those historical legal submissions.
California's April 2026 AB1856 analysis describes an MPA request for a family-account carveout and an option to block minors; Wicks chose a broader clarification instead. Its May 2022 parliamentary evidence advocated know-your-business-customer duties and coordination. RUSI acknowledged MPA among funders of a corrected March 2021 report on piracy and organized crime. A 2018 brief names the historical MPAA among media amici supporting DoubleVerify, without establishing funding or control of that company.
Motion Picture Association → 2018 media amici brief supporting DoubleVerify
2018-06-06 – 2018-06-06
Filed brief names Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. among five media amici. This is the historical advocacy role, not proof of modern contracting identity, purchase of reports or funding of DV.
Motion Picture Association → MPA FDF0068 evidence — internal10May2022
Internal10May2022
FDF0068 internal10May2022 asks departments to join the IPO forum and enact business-verification duties. Internal date is preserved without manufacturing a publication day or acceptance result.
Motion Picture Association → Taking the Profit Out of IP Crime — corrected March2021 report
March2021 report disclosure
RUSI acknowledges this named co-funder alongside four others. No amount, transfer date, contract, publication veto or instruction of recommendations is established. Exact legal contracting entity is not obtained where the disclosure gives only an organisational name. Payment status: Funding acknowledged; award/payment instrument and allocation unacquired
Motion Picture Association → California AB1856
April6 version / April21 analysis2026
Family-account carveout and developer-requested blocking of minors; underlying memo not acquired.
The filed amicus was submitted in support of DoubleVerify by Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.; The Hearst Corporation; Tegna Inc.; California News Publishers Association; and First Amendment Coalition. It was filed6 June2018 and dated29 May2018. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP counsel Kelli L. Sager, Thomas R. Burke and Rochelle L. Wilcox are named; Wilcox signed it (PDF1-2,55-56). These are documented amicus/representation roles, not evidence of ownership, category authorship, funding of DoubleVerify or control of its decisions.
Read the research & sources ↗FilmOn classification litigation: a paid label, an attempted correction, and a procedural limit ↗
KYBC: dated proposals and their UK transmission routes ↗
Research input: named co-funding, data provision and later KYBC citation ↗
Motion Picture Association → requests design changes → California AB1856
April6 version / April21 analysis2026
Reported by the cited source
Family-account carveout and developer-requested blocking of minors; underlying memo not acquired.
Motion Picture Association → submitted evidence advocating KYBC and cross-department coordination → MPA FDF0068 evidence — internal10May2022
Internal10May2022
FDF0068 internal10May2022 asks departments to join the IPO forum and enact business-verification duties. Internal date is preserved without manufacturing a publication day or acceptance result.
Motion Picture Association → is disclosed as a co-funder → Taking the Profit Out of IP Crime — corrected March2021 report
March2021 report disclosure
Reported by the cited source
RUSI acknowledges this named co-funder alongside four others. No amount, transfer date, contract, publication veto or instruction of recommendations is established. Exact legal contracting entity is not obtained where the disclosure gives only an organisational name.
Payment status: Funding acknowledged; award/payment instrument and allocation unacquired
Motion Picture Association → appeared under historical MPAA name as amicus → 2018 media amici brief supporting DoubleVerify
2018-06-06 – 2018-06-06
Filed brief names Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. among five media amici. This is the historical advocacy role, not proof of modern contracting identity, purchase of reports or funding of DV.