Jack Valenti dead at 85

Posted at 8:19 AM on 4-27-07 by Rob T Firefly

Jack ValentiJack Valenti, former MPAA president and spearhead of the DeCSS lawsuits against 2600 and others, died yesterday in his Washington, DC home. The cause of his death was complications from a stroke.

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tags: history, politics

Moving pictures with sound!

Posted at 1:56 PM on 4-8-07 by Rob T Firefly

picRemember when video on the Web meant tiny downloadable clips in dubious file formats?

We’re excited to announce a new addition to the site: the NYC2600 video gallery. Download short movie clips from meetings past and present.

If you have a clip you’d like to contribute, let us know!

tags: meetings, site

If you are going to be in NYC today…

Posted at 11:12 AM on 4-6-07 by Grey Frequency

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Take time to swing by Penn Station, look across the street and admire Hotel Pennsylvania as it is today. I think the Hotel Pennsylvania of today is cooler than the plan for the future.

tags: hotel pennsylvania, nyc