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> [A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/a-huge-parasite-in-the-marketplace-feeding-and-fattening-itself-off/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

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> [What is fair use? Fair use is not a law. There's nothing in law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/what-is-fair-use-fair-use-is-not-a-law-there-s-nothing-in-law/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

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## Other authors on Copyright

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-lessig-59097.jpg) Lawrence Lessig 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/lawrence-lessig/)
- [Kalyan C. Kankanala 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/kalyan-c-kankanala/)

## More by Jack Valenti

> [If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/if-movies-are-causing-moral-decay-then-crime-ought-to-be-going-up-but/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/the-vcr-is-to-the-american-film-producer-and-the-american-public-as/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [If You Cannot Protect What You Own, You Don’t Own Anything!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/if-you-cannot-protect-what-you-own-you-don-t-own-anything/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/foreign-capital-to-build-new-cinemas-will-help-modernize-china-s/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/every-parent-in-america-has-the-total-power-to-control-all-television/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president. For I know he lives and thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/i-sleep-each-night-a-little-better-a-little-more-confidently-because/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/it-is-called-the-first-amendment-simple-words-marching-in-seried/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/i-found-the-most-convincing-part-to-be-the-working-stiffs-the-guys/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/if-what-you-own-cannot-be-protected-you-own-nothing/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/washington-and-hollywood-spring-from-the-same-dna/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/film-makers-must-decide-what-story-to-tell-and-how-to-tell-it/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [In a sometimes unreasonable business, Jack Valenti was a giant voice of reason. He was the greatest ambassador Hollywood has ever known and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/in-a-sometimes-unreasonable-business-jack-valenti-was-a-giant-voice/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/the-public-s-nerves-are-raw-and-edgy-you-have-to-be-discreet-and/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [No one today knows what is indecent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/no-one-today-knows-what-is-indecent/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

> [The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-valenti/the-only-group-in-america-that-deserves-to-scrutinize-what-we-are/)

[Jack Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-valenti/)

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