'Darknet' interviews

Jack Valenti
Jack Valenti, former CEO and president of the Motion Picture Association of America, gives perhaps the most wide-ranging interview on record of the MPAA's views on piracy, fair use, the DMCA, DRM and technological innovation.

Andy Wolfe
Andy Wolfe was the chief technology officer of Sonicblue, the company that acquired the groundbreaking technology ReplayTV. He reveals what the Hollywood studios and television networks were really after in their lawsuit against Sonicblue's ReplayTV: control of your television.

Movie pirate
beneaththecobweb was the name chosen by the head of six movie release groups. He describes how "the scene" operates for this first published interview with a major movie pirate. Web exclusive.

Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn, the acclaimed solo artist who was lead singer of the Byrds in the mid-'60s, talks about McGuinn's Folk Den, a Web site devoted to continuing the folk tradition of storytelling, which he says is in danger of being obliterated by commercial interests.