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MIT Student Grills Valenti on Fair Use

Posted by timothy on from the un-something-believable dept.

kcsduke writes "Following a recent speech at MIT on Movies in the Digital Age (streaming audio available), MPAA front man Jack Valenti sat down for a revealing interview with The Tech, MIT's student newspaper. In this entertaining read, Keith J. Winstein grills Valenti on fair use and the right to play DVDs under GNU/Linux. My favorite part is when Winstein shows a dumbfounded Valenti a six-line DVD descrambler he's designed, to which Valenti responds with language inappropriate for the Slashdot homepage. Throughout the interview, Valenti demonstrates his ignorance and misunderstanding of fair use."

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  1. Inappropriate language for Slashdot by obfuscated · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "which Valenti responds with language inappropriate for the Slashdot homepage"

    You mean that works on Windows?

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  2. In case of slashdotting! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ITS A COOKBOOK!

  3. OT: backpage of thursday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For some reason that reminds me - anybody here remember the old weekly "thursday" with its regular back page of quotes, and the time the two young women printed reviews (one to four stars) of their sexual partners, using the whole name of the young man?

    ("treated me like a piece of cold meat" and "fireworks, volcanoes, earthquakes" are two I recall.

    [disclaimer - not on the list, me]

  4. Re:Don't underestimate Valenti by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Right, but you can get to the level one notch below his by puckering up for ol' Jack.

  5. Re:Best. Excerpt. Ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "JV: Well, I can't believe there's not any -- there must be a reason for... Let me find out about that. You bring up an interesting question -- I don't know the answer to that... Well, you're telling me a lot of things I don't know

    There are no Americans in Baghdad. They are committing suicide by the thousands at the gates of Iraq.

  6. Oswald Missed by fishbowl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Valenti, of all the people who were in JFK's motorcade on Metro Day in '63, has enjoyed the longest career, and arguably wields the most political power today. In Oliver Stone terms, "Who Benefitted?" you'd better consider Jack Valenti.

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  7. Re:Best. Excerpt. Ever. by shpoffo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Diverging from topic a bit....

    Did you know people are stupid enough to buy bottled water when they have clean tap water?

    Did you know people are stupid enough to think that tap water is clean when it is not? Did you know that EPA reulations allow a small ( < ~10%) percent of homes to be furnished with water that exceeds contamination levels by any degree

    Well, you do now.

    That means the water coming from your tap could have carcinogens, and/or lead levels 100+ times greater than standards allow - and there's nothing you could do except stop using your water....

    Stop being such a chucklehead

    -shpoffo

  8. totally (absolutely, extremely) OT by zarr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just realized I was probably only a few seconds from getting the 9000000th post! Wow! :)

  9. Re:Best. Excerpt. Ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP!!!

    Holyfuckingshit, that was some damn funny stuff... whooo, i need a drink...