Once the cornerstone of the home video rental market, the VHS tape helped usher in the era of home entertainment, and it wasn’t long before it became one of the motion picture industry’s most profitable revenue streams. However in 1982, the Motion Picture Association of America’s view of the technology, whic could provide them with huge profits, was negative. At the time, the MPAA, and its outspoken president, the late Jack Valenti, were so concerned by the VCR that they argued to restrict the importation and sale of the devices in United States Supreme Court. Now 40 years later, the MPAA continues to wage legal challenges against technologies they perceive as a threat to their profits. Is the MPAA’s opposition to the technology pushing consumers to access entertainment online? Is this a case of history repeating itself?