Valenti Interview at Harvard

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:23:37 -0500
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Valenti Interview at Harvard


Interview conducted by Harvard Political Review with Jack Valenti of MPAA
notoriety. Suffice it to say Jack still doesn't get it.....  -rick


JV: What is fair use? Fair use is not a law. There's nothing in law.

Right now, any professor can show a complete movie in his classroom without
paying a dime--that's fair use. What is not fair use is making a copy of an
encrypted DVD, because once you're able to break the encryption, you've
undermined the encryption itself.

[RFF - JV taking a narrow interpretation of 'fair use' IMO]

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HPR: Even if breaking the encryption is for a legitimate purpose, to make a
back-up copy?

JV: But you've already got a DVD. It lasts forever. It never wears out. In
the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never
wears out. It is timeless.

[RFF - but what if your DVD gets stepped on by your children? That's a great
reason to back it up, among others.]


Full interview at:
http://www.hpronline.org/news/347207.html?mkey=628413


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