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Auto-Censoring DVD Player
Gogl writes "Those clever folks at RCA have apparently designed a DVD player that automatically scans movies and censors them to make them kosher, as it were. That means none of the naughty bits and none of those bad words either. It will be sold by Walmart for the price of $79, and what with the recent Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' this product will likely be lauded by the FCC and moralists everywhere, though Hollywood is already complaining."
In America, you do NOT have a RIGHT to own a VCR... (One that skips bad things or not) You have the RIGHT to FREEDOM... which gives you the PRIVLIDGE to own a VCR... With a PRIVILEGE comes RESPONSIBILITY... such as respect to the content creator and/or provider. Skipping commercials on TV (Tivo style) is bad because it hurts the business that NEEDS those commercials in order to stay in business. If everyone can just skip them at will, then no one will advertise and cable costs would skyrocket. The DVD your buying and paying for the FULL version... just like a ticket to the movies... Cover your eyes, or the player skips 1 second ahead of the nude shot... same thing... There will always be extremists who want "their" content shown only in the way they intended, but now they are infringing on your rights, FREEDOM. So we really shouldn't say that we have the "right" to do something here in America... as most of the stuff people argue, I mean... discuss on slashdot are more of a privilege given to us because we have the right to certain freedoms.