Re: successful SF predictions?

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:13:53 -0700, r.rice@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Apparently the recording industry in the US has been going after some
video services that buy copies of their movies, and then make an
edited "family-safe" version of it (cutting out nudity,
substituting/bleeping profanity, etc.). The services claimed that
they weren't hurting the industry any, since they bought a copy of the
movie for each copy they made. The industry said that they were
violating copyright by altering the films from what the producer made.
I thought that was a rather interesting tack for the industry to take,
since it does mean that they will lose all the sales to those people
who were only willing to buy the clean versions. It also makes me
wonder about the versions that get shown on tv, that have been
"altered to fit the time allotted and for content". Although I guess
those are covered by the contracts.

They are, same for the airline versions. In those cases the copyright holder has a say
over how the cuts are made, makes the edits themselves, or gives permission to make the
cuts.

The company from Utah which was taken to court didn't want to pay or even ask for
permission in order to get distribution rights for an edited film. The reason was that
the owner could have said "no" and then the precious sensitive souls who so badly wanted
to see "Kill Bill" or "Saving Private Ryan" without the blood and stuff wouldn't have
their twenty-minute feature film.

Best comment I saw was one woman who pointed out how those wholesome family folks railing
against the ruling would feel if a company formed which took stuff like "Because of Winn
Dixie" and inserted scenes of gratutious sex and violence so the film would appeal to a
wider audience.
.

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