Jack Valenti
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"Jack Joseph Valenti" was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America. During his 38-year tenure in the MPAA, he created the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system/MPAA film rating system, and he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists in the world.

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This was about contributing Hollywood's creative imagination and their persuasion skills to help in this war effort so that one day Americans can lead normal lives again.

That's just wrong, ... Some people in marketing have stepped over the line from reasonable to unacceptable.

There was no mention of content, ... The White House and its representatives did not say anything about that because they knew that was not the subject that was up for either debate or suggestion. Content was off the table.

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing ... are parents.

To have something happen that never before in our history have we ever borne witness to or imagined, that hits very deep in the entrails of this country.

They are sprung from the same DNA , for God's sake. They are always onstage. They are always performing.

Frankly I will confess to this panel that privately I take issue every now and then with the rating of a film, and I think the rating board might have erred. But if there are errors in the accuracy of a movie rating, it is a matter of a judgment call and not an exile in integrity.

In the last several years, piracy has been the dominant issue that has consumed my life.

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.