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Article by Roger Ebert blasting the new MPAA policy outlawing DVD Oscar screeners for Academy voters, in an idiotic attempt to stop piracy that will also serve to practically eliminate independent films from the Oscar race. Roger Ebert hates himself some Jack Valenti. He puts tirades against him in almost every review he writes. I believe he's trying to start a revolution. It's nice to think that his work might be making some difference in the way people think about movies, but it really is discouraging that American moviegoers are generally so fucking stupid that a real revolution would never catch on. But I root for The Ebert anyway.

My favorite quote in the article is one from filmmaker Norman Jewison, who argues, "Piracy to a small independent film seeking an audience is simply good word of mouth."