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From: ab3@pucc-h (Darth Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Supreme court rules on VCRs
Message-ID: <459@pucc-h>
Date: Wed, 18-Jan-84 10:17:56 EST
Article-I.D.: pucc-h.459
Posted: Wed Jan 18 10:17:56 1984
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	...and by a narrow margin, at that: 5-4.  Jack Valenti,
self-appointed spokesperson for the movie industry, was heard this morning
on CBS radio complaining that "The Japanese have deceived the American
public...who are smarter than they think."  Now, outside of the pearls 
of wisdom contained in that quote, one wonders just what is on Valenti's
mind; is he *really* interested in seeing the proceeds from VCR and 
videocassette sales go to the artist; or, like all middlemen, is he just
a money-grubbing slimeball who wants a piece of the action?

	Quite honestly, I wonder if he's realized that most of the output
of Hollywood these days, both tv and movies, isn't *worth* taping.

-- 
"Go ahead...make my day."
Darth Wombat
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