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EFF Supporting Home DVD Editing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the another-front-to-worry-about dept.

cheesedog writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a brief in federal court in support of companies that offer software to edit violence or sex from a user's DVD. The full story can be found in this article from the Salt Lake Tribune."

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  1. I would never do this to myself. by Agent+Deepshit · · Score: 5, Funny

    They would have my support if they supported tools to add sex or violence though.

    1. Re:I would never do this to myself. by DickBreath · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am strongly in favor of the director deciding what the viewers see. After all its their movie. Movies are a work of art

      We need to make a law, or some new technology, to prevent people from fast forwarding through the parts they don't want to see.

      You should not get to skip advertisements in a tv program either, because after all, it is their show, and the show and ads together are a work of art that should be seen the way they want you to see it.

      JOIN TOGETHER TO BAN FAST-FORWARD CONTROLS!

      Now suppose I did the horrible thing of distributing an "edit list", let's say, a text file, that your DVD player, or TiVo, or Freevo or Movix could directly only play the parts that you wanted to see. No copyright material is being distributed. Just an edit list. The edit list allows some people to skip the sex and violence. Other people can skip directly to the sex and violence. Some people can watch only ads with no content. Others can watch content with no ads.

      But of course, you feel strongly that people should not be allowed to watch only the parts they want.

      What if I go to the art gallery and only look at the bottom halfs of paintings? Or what if I look at them all upside down? This is not what the artist intended. Should I have a right to do this?

      Should you have a right to have any say so whatsoever over what content I watch in my home? I want to skip directly to/over the sex/violence/commercials/etc. What is wrong with this?

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      I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
  2. Clockwork Orange by ghotiboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every time I read something about this STUPID argument, it makes me thing of the movie Clockwork Orange.

    YOU WILL WATCH IT! Here are the toothpicks.

  3. Re:Not very important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought the EFF had more important battles to win than this.

    None they are more likely to win, however.

    It would be good for their morale for them to actually win something occasionally. Being a running joke on /. has got to eventually start to grate on their nerves.

  4. Editted sex and violence by bathmatt · · Score: 2, Funny

    To edit violence or sex from a user's DVD Please collect all sex and violence that you editted out and mail it email it to me, chunkylover53@aol.com

  5. In other news... by nadsley · · Score: 1, Funny

    14,874 movie goers are being sued for covering their eyes at movies this week.

    A representative for the movie studios had this to say: "They paid for the movie, and damnit we're gonna make sure they watch it!"

  6. Why not just watch what's already there? by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They would have my support if they supported tools to add sex or violence though.

    Or, given that the technology exists to cut out the sex and violence, why not make a drive that skips everything _except_ the sex and violence?

    It would certainly make Van Damme's movies watchable.

    --
    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  7. Slashdot!!!! by NeB_Zero · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I'll sue Slashdot for providing software to censor user's posts. This threshold is censorship!!!! I want everyone to see my lame postings.



    I have a patent on suing people for copyright infringement

  8. this is all a load (read on to find out why) by dnaSpyDir · · Score: 3, Funny

    directors alter their "vision" ALL THE TIME! after all show me a director that's not going to chop up his "vision" to avoid an NC-17 or *gasp* an X rating. This is the whole reason for the "directors cut" in the first place (barring tech advances, right Mr. StarWars).

    i don't care for the self rightous fire and brimstone religious nut jobs any more than anyone else, but hey hollywood choke on my nob.

    oh, and utah, save the world, impload. (and that's for starters)

    have a nice day :-P

  9. Close your eyes by HermanAB · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is a movie edited when you close your eyes or ears?

    Cutting pieces form the movie is similar.

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    Oh well, what the hell...
  10. CleanFlicks.com Vs. Aliens by henele · · Score: 2, Funny
    One of my favourite quotes on the subject, taken from the CleanFlicks site, describing the classic film Aliens...

    "Personally supervised by director James Cameron, this special edition includes scenes eliminated prior to the film's 1986 release which broaden the narrative scope and enrich the emotional impact of the film."
    ...

    Which they then go on to remove :)

  11. The Matrix "Reloaded" by Dumbush · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I normalize the time dialation in the slow motion/bullet time scenes, maybe I can make it a 2 hour movie!