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Quotes from A Plea For Keeping Alive the U.S. Film Industry’s Competitive Energy — Jack Valenti

1921–2007 United States

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Copyright term extension has a simple but compelling enticement: it is very much in America's economic interests.

A Plea For Keeping Alive the U.S. Film Industry’s Competitive Energy (1995)

A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?

A Plea For Keeping Alive the U.S. Film Industry’s Competitive Energy (1995)

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