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RGMike

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RIP Jack Valenti
« on: April 26, 2007, 09:45:47 PM »
From White House aide under Lyndon Johnson to head of the MPAA. He was 85.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/26/entertainment/e160028D00.DTL
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Re: RIP Jack Valenti
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2007, 07:17:45 AM »
Quote from: "RGMike"
From White House aide under Lyndon Johnson to head of the MPAA. He was 85.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/26/entertainment/e160028D00.DTL


Is it speaking ill of the dead to say that he was a dick on digital-media matters?  His legacy to me is that he held technology back.
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Re: RIP Jack Valenti
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2007, 08:33:49 AM »
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Quote from: "RGMike"
From White House aide under Lyndon Johnson to head of the MPAA. He was 85.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/26/entertainment/e160028D00.DTL


Is it speaking ill of the dead to say that he was a dick on digital-media matters?  His legacy to me is that he held technology back.


no, I completely agree.  And if you've not seen the docu This Film is Not yet Rated, about the MPAA, you should.
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Re: RIP Jack Valenti
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2007, 12:10:39 AM »
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From White House aide under Lyndon Johnson to head of the MPAA. He was 85.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/26/entertainment/e160028D00.DTL


Is it speaking ill of the dead to say that he was a dick on digital-media matters?  His legacy to me is that he held technology back.


no, I completely agree.  And if you've not seen the docu This Film is Not yet Rated, about the MPAA, you should.


I was thinking when I read the subject line (and this is probably wrong for me to say) I wouldn't say RIP for the stuff he did. I saw a little of the docu a few weeks ago on IFC.
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