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Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: [dvd-discuss digest] V #12
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: [dvd-discuss digest] V #12
- From: "Harry Eaton" <haceaton(at)hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 11:34:26 -0500
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Michael A Rolenz wrote:
>Good points...it still boggles my brain that the Senators can't seem to
>get it throught their heads the thought that if Intel spends more on R&D
>than Hollywood takes in as revenues, then MAYBE you might want to listen
>to them before smarmy Jack Valenti. Add to that IBM, Compaq, Microsoft,
>and a $600B Telecommunications agency and start to think of the "Goose
>that laid the golden egg"
It doesn't boggle my mind at all. Time Warner, Disney etc. pretty
much control what large audiences see and hear - they can make any
politician look good or bad at their whim. It is this power that
influences the Senate, and Intel simply doesn't have it.
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