The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

In 2002 the University of Houston bestowed Valenti an honorary doctorate. 2003 screener ban injunction
In 2003 Valenti found himself at the center of the so-called screener debate as the MPAA barred studios and many independent producers from sending screener copies of their films to critics and voters in various awards shows. The founders wanted to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria in its work to prevent millions of people from dying of preventable and treatable diseases each year.

Jack Joseph Valenti (September 5 1921 – April 26 2007) was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America.