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MPAA President Jack Valenti Clueless At DVD Piracy

Posted by michael on from the Reagan-syndrome dept.

AG writes: "In this week's Village Voice, Jeff Howe continues his coverage of the legal battle the MPAA and Hollywood film studios are waging over DVD decryption. The current article finds MPAA president Jack Valenti not quite sure who or why he's suing." We've already gone over this on Slashdot, but it's nice to see the Voice covering this whole issue with truth in mind (the other NYC papers are either printing Valenti's Op-Ed piece or writing their own about all the Internet DVD pirates). This article does contain one interesting bit: Valenti saying playing DVDs on Linux is illegal was supposed to have been redacted from the transcripts.

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  1. my favorite quotes... by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 3

    not verbatim mind you, but the lawyers from the MPAA accused Garbus of going on a "fishing expedition" during questioning of Valenti...

    To which the judge responded...

    "The whole things a big bass tournament"

    Maybe the judge is seeing the Truth of the matter...

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  2. Smart Judge, methinks by Proteus · · Score: 3
    The judge has ordered that all depositions, etc -- in fact, anything not containing "trade secrets" -- be released to the public. I especially like this bit:
    "Given the extent that you folks have gone out and solicited publicity," Kaplan said, "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
    Sounds like we have a sensible judge who might just see this whole thing as the farce that it is. Let's just hope the final ruling is just as sensible as the release order.

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