Michael Ovitz
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because I'm sitting there trying to figure out how to get off the phone, and this guy just makes the ultimate statement.
That's something that I couldn't get to first base on.
He thinks it's elementary.
I said, okay.
We're in a new business.
I said, assuming you can do this.
He says, trust me, I can do this.
I said, we're in a new business.
Fold up the old company.
Let's hire new engineers.
We are now in the business of protecting intellectual property rights.
And then I said, can you do this for video?
He said, elementary.
I said, can you do this for athletic games?
Elementary.
We started a business.
I have spent most of my career in media fighting intellectual property theft.
In 96, I led a trade delegation for President Clinton to Beijing.
I met with the premier of China, Zheng Zemin and Zhu Rongji, the number two, the head of finance, because they were making videotapes
from people holding up video cameras in theaters.