Hollywood's Big Move: MPA Teams Up With World Leaders on Piracy and Cinema's Future

Going Global

The Motion Picture Association didn't just sign papers—they co-signed their name alongside governments and major players worldwide at the Lumière Summit. Two declarations hit the table: one focused on the future of cinema and moving images, another targeting film and audiovisual piracy on a global scale.

This is the kind of move that signals Hollywood taking the piracy fight seriously on a real level. When you're sitting down with presidents like Macron and other international leaders, it's not just industry talk anymore—it's policy-level attention.

The timing matters too. Streaming and illegal distribution have eaten into theatrical revenues for years. Getting consensus from different countries and sectors on how to handle it shows the problem is too big for any single studio or region to solve alone.

Whether these declarations actually translate to real enforcement remains to be seen. But at minimum, the MPA just locked in some serious allies and put a stamp on what the industry wants moving forward: protect the theater experience, protect creators' work, and make sure piracy gets treated like the problem it is.

Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/film/news/mpa-lumiere-summit-declarations-rivkin-macron-lee-1236854208/