Re:Abe Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Japan Surveillance...
by dmix on Thursday June 15, 2017 @10:25AM
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> March 21 2003
Ah, back the in the MPAA hay-day when they still thought they had a chance:
> Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti - a leader of Hollywood's fight against piracy - continued the terrorism theme in his written submission to the hearing.
> "September 11 changed the way Americans look at the world. It also changed the way American law enforcement looks at Intellectual Property crimes," wrote Valenti - borrowing from an November 2002 article in the Customs Service newsletter US Customs Today.
Ah, back the in the MPAA hay-day when they still thought they had a chance:
> Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti - a leader of Hollywood's fight against piracy - continued the terrorism theme in his written submission to the hearing.
> "September 11 changed the way Americans look at the world. It also changed the way American law enforcement looks at Intellectual Property crimes," wrote Valenti - borrowing from an November 2002 article in the Customs Service newsletter US Customs Today.
Reminds me of this old comic: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/ed/12/53ed12786...
14 years later and it's still a good political tactic.