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A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair.

— Jack Valenti

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In a political struggle, never get personal — else the dagger digs too deep.

I think politicians and movie actors and movie executives are similar in more ways than they’re different.

If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.

Testimony to the US House of Representatives (1982)

It’s a kind of reciprocity of affection by people who both recognize in a sense they’re in the same racket.

If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.

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