MUSIC TO THE STUDIO EXECS’ EARS

After reviewing Hollywood’s marketing and advertising practices, the Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to Congress stressing the Constitution’s protection of the entertainment industry and urging voluntary self-regulation by the studios, rather than federally enforced sanctions. “The letter elicited a collective I-told-you-so (and probably a sigh of relief) from Tinseltown types. “We always believed that both the content and the marketing of movies were protected under the First Amendment.” – E! Online 11/22/00