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Hollywood Says No to Filtering DVD Player

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the raw-and-uncut dept.

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."

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  1. Re:illegal by tealover · · Score: 0, Troll

    you are so fucking gay.

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  2. Re:I would think Hollywood would profit from this. by borg · · Score: 0, Troll

    ok

    how about this:

    a company sells a stack of cardboard, each sheet of which has squares punched out of it. when you put the appropriate piece of cardboard over the matching page of your classic collection of "alpha flight" comic books, you get to miss all the panels pertaining to the whole storyline about hank the sasquatch turning into a woman (eew!). would that be illegal?

    wait, wait...i got a better one:

    how about those semi-transparent computer screen eye glasses from the IBM commercial? well, how about if there was a program that would automatically overlay all billboards in your line of site with pleasing works of art? should coca-cola be able to sue your ass?

    wait, wait...i got an even better one:

    what if you could turn the tv off for some time each day, or what if you could go to the bathroom during the commercials without being reported to the department of the homeland advertising counsel?

    uh, i guess that last one hasn't happened yet. nevermind. i guess we still have all the freedoms we need. go to sleep, america!

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