If you want more of Lessig, and for free, check out his book "Free Culture," available in many forms -- for free -- on the Web. Or get it from your local library. Very interesting stuff. For example, did you know that NOTHING has entered the public domain in the US since 1923?? That's right: NOT ONE WORK has gone the way of the brothers Grimm, or Peter Pan, or The Jungle Book and been made freely available to all for publication or modification. Mostly thanks to the company that pillaged the public domain (see aforementioned brothers Grimm, Peter Pan, and The Jungle Book) for its ideas...

Under the US DMCA, isn't it illegal to rip a DVD movie for ANY purpose? Pretty sure I'm right. In other words, starting from the official Ep I DVD and making the Phantom Edit -- even for your own purposes at home -- is illegal. That's how stupid and draconian the DMCA is. MBJ makes backups of Disney DVDs so his original doesn't get messed up through repeated viewings and handlings? PIRATE!!! YOU'RE KILLING THE MOVIE INDUSTRY!!!

Clearly, he's really not. But why doesn't Jack Valenti recognize that??