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Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank

Posted by michael on from the hand-over-fist dept.

shandrew writes: "Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has reported that the year 2001 was the "greatest box office year in film history" with movie admissions reaching their highest level since 1959. Isn't this the same industry that is complaining that piracy is putting them out of business?"

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  1. f1rst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah

  2. Re:NOW HEAR THIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Well, that's what you get when you start fighting in the mud instead of just bombing the shit out of everything.

    "We have killed hundreds of them" (US commander, BBC)


    But the cockpit's techno glow
    Behind the Ray Ban (R) shine
    The kid from Cleveland
    In the comfort of routine
    Scans his dials and smiles
    Secure in the beauty of military life
    There is no right or wrong
    Only tin cans and cordite and white cliffs
    And blue skies and flight flight flight
    The beauty of military life
    No questions only orders and flight only flight
    What a beautiful sight in his wild blue dream

    Hey bartender over here
    Two more shots
    And two more beers
    Sir turn up the TV sound
    The war has started on the ground
    Just love those laser guided bombs
    They're really great
    For righting wrongs
    You hit the target
    And win the game
    From bars 3,000 miles away
    3,000 miles away
    We play the game
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We zap and maim
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We strafe the train
    With the bravery of being out of range
    We gained terrain