Hollywood Says No to Filtering DVD Player

haplo21112 writes "There is a posting over at ZDNet about how Hollywood continues to trample on the American consumer's free use rights. They want to prevent the sale of a special DVD player which can be used to edit out offensive material from a DVD in realtime. While I don't agree with censorship in general, I do believe its everyone's right to do what they wish with their own media."

Comments

I agree with them

[Anonymous Coward]

I also think that everyone should be forced to watch these movies. If we're going to rob people of their rights. Let's not half-ass it.

Wait, strike that, reverse it, thank you.

[pergamon]

I can't wait for someone to start making filters for these that skip over everything but the "objectionable" content...

Re:Wait, strike that, reverse it, thank you.

[nelsonal]

I remember an interview with Elizabeth Berkley in which she mentioned that she was riding an airplane shortly after Showgirls came out, with the in arm television screens. Her seat mate did not recognise her and picked Showgirls, she was shocked to look over and see that he was fast forwarding through all the non nude scenes. I got a pretty good laugh out of the fact that she was surprised by this.

illegal

[LinuxCumShot]

my stereo should be illegal, it adds distortion to music in real time

FBI warnings too?

[kilroy_hau]

I find those warnings offensive.

I'm not a criminal, I bought the DVD and I just want to see the damn movie. I want to remove those warnings

Re:FBI warnings too?

[addaon]

Next you'll want to take the tag off the mattress!

Re:To play devil's advocate,

[rusty0101]

somehow I think that they would probably complain that it was shareware....

The Phantom Edit!

[Jammer@CMH]

No JarJar! Imagine the possibilities!

Consider the alternative

[The Bungi]

This is far better than those wankers over at CleanFlicks who not only have an agenda, but also infringe on the copyright of directors and producers (in fact they've been sued already for that very same reason).

A device that does that puts the power to choose what to see and what not to see in the hands of the consumer, where it belongs.

Why of course not...

[boomgopher]

Didn't you know? Hollywood producers/directors are doing everyone a great big favor by educating the planet with their well-balanced world-view. If someone filters or otherwise make any changes the movie, how will their propaga^H^H^H^H^H^H enlightenment work correctly?

We're trying create a brave new world here people, get with the program...

Does this mean?

[SB5]

Does this mean that I will be able to get Japanese porn that doesn't pixelize the genitals?

Yeah, Animal House is great for kids...

[Anonymous Coward]

Take out the tits and you have a wonderful collection of drinking, food fights, horse murder, shoplifting, beatings, sexual predators, ROTC, segragation, reckless driving, marching bands being led into walls, pirates and future senators.

Let the kids see the titties.

sex as the only adult theme?

[DrSkwid]

yet they keep all the lying, cheating and violence in.

It's really ironic that the beautiful things need hiding and the distressing things are left in plain view.

It's bad enough they end up seeing shite like Shallow Hal.

What films would be on offer anyway?

Alien
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5 people go into space, one by one they go missing then Ripley says "it's alright now, they've gone".

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Gang of teenagers go into the woods. One comes out.

Deep Throat
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Woman goes to the doctors. The End.

Pulp Fiction
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Two guys talk about fast food. Man & woman do a funny dance. Two guys drink coffee.

Jaws
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Some people go swimming and don't come back. Man goes to find a shark.

Watch out, slashdotters!

[bugnuts]

If Hollywood wins this, we might have to view all posts at -1.

ugh.

Re:I would think Hollywood would profit from this.

[Anonvmous Coward]

"You've hit the nail on the head, though a bit circumspectly. It's not about profits, it's about control."

I think they're worried about the value of their content. I mean, what if somebody made a DVD player that re-edited Episode II to be a lot more interesting. Nobody'd pay $20 for 20 minutes of content!

What next?

[TarPitt]

Filtering out "-1 Troll" posts violates the DMCA?

In other news ... movie viewers sued for lateness

[rollingcalf]

Movie viewers were sued by the MPAA for turning up 5 minutes late at the theater. Their tardiness caused them to miss the first 5 minutes of the movie, which wreaked irrepairable and irreversible damage to the directors in Hollywood, because unless every viewer sees 100% of every film, their artistic reputation will be destroyed.

At the same theater, other viewers were sued for going to the bathroom in the middle of the film or leaving early. The amount of compensation sought in the lawsuits was based on the length of time the viewers had missed from the film, so eventually they decided it was not worth it to sue a young lady who covered up her eyes for 2.3 seconds during the beheading scene.

What about the V-Chip?

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought that was what this was for? Guess not apparently. Or maybe I should come out from under the rock I've been living under for the last couple years and do a little bit of research... :P