According to this article over at news.com, the Motion Picture Association of America's Jack Valenti is set to step down once a replacement is found. He talks about the state of the industry and the challenges it faces protecting its properties. He also mentions that we haven't seen the last of him.
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It is the problem of how you go about protecting your valuable creative works, because if you can't protect what you own, you don't own anything. But there are other issues. We are a global enterprise, and we have issues all over the world. Not just piracy issues, but access issues--all sorts of tax and discriminatory issues--and so we have to deal with that. It's a global business. But I think the main thing is to make sure that the American movie can move freely and unrestricted and protected around the world. That's the key. |
Many of us will miss having good old Jack Valenti to kick around. Remember how he called it "stealing" to fast forward through commericals on videotapes of our favorite TV shows? Lets hope his replacement has better sense than to call their customers a bunch of thieves. Hmm....that gives me an idea. Any of you want to apply? ;)
Source: C|Net
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