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Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films

Posted by michael on from the cutting-room-floor dept.

BoyPlankton writes "According to this article in the Salt Lake Tribune, film directors are gearing up to battle companies that are making a name for themselves selling/renting out edited films to consumers. The film directors claim that it's censorship and that it's morally, ethically, and legally wrong. The companies doing it claim that consumer rights trump the artists rights in this case, and that the artists don't have the moral ground to stand on because they already edit their films for T.V. and planes. Is this issue going to further erode our rights as a consumer, or will lawmakers take this opportunity to shore them up?"

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  1. Hmm, does this mean no more sex scenes? by B3ryllium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That would be a bad thing. Kinda. Anyone see Monster's Ball? I never want to see Billy Bob's chest hair again.

    More Way of the Exploding Stick to take your mind off that horrible mental image. (Interactive stick figure kung-fu!)

    :)

    1. Re:Hmm, does this mean no more sex scenes? by B3ryllium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      For anyone wondering, I wasn't going for Karma. Trying to drum up hits for my website, mostly.

      What I would really like is for the Ozone/BeShare file sharing service to get more users. I mean, it's free, there's no advertising, and once it gets a few hundred more users, it'll have all the files you could possibly want.

      Oh, and did I mention that it runs under Linux, Windows, and OS X?

  2. Censorship? HA! by EdMcMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personally, I think selling DVDs for $20+ is censorship!