http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Valenti Posts tagged with 'Valenti' at MetaFilter. Fri, 31 May 2002 20:21:43 -0800 Fri, 31 May 2002 20:21:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/17539/ <a href="http://cryptome.org/hrcw-hear.htm">"It would no longer be a marketplace; it would be a kind of a jungle, where this one unlicensed instrument is capable of devouring all that people had invested in and labored over and brought forth."</a> <br><br>Good ol' <a href="http://cryptome.org/">Cryptome</a> has been kind enough to post Jack Valenti's original congressional testimony against the insidious <b>VCR Threat of 1982</b>. Now we can see his famous 'Boston Strangler' quote in context and pick out a few new favorites. So kick back, substitute the word 'Internet' for 'VCR' and wallow in the sweet <a href="http://www.forvideo.com/2001report.html">irony</a>. <br><br>(And don't forget to check out Jack's cool 80s-era Japan-bashing. Keep fightin' the good fight, Jackie-boy!)<br> [via <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.17539 Fri, 31 May 2002 20:21:43 -0800 brokenlink congress copyright Cryptome JackValenti piracy technology transcript Valenti VCR Dirjy