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Bush Signs a New Fair-Use Bill

Posted by timothy on from the small-steps dept.

BostonGunNut writes "Today President Bush signed a bill that gives legal protection to companies that provide software that can automatically filter specific content from DVDs for personal use. This bill, called the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, allows companies to provide filtering software without being sued into oblivion by Hollywood. The legislation also allows the Library of Congress to save and protect old movies and home videos that might otherwise be lost."

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  1. Won't Please Somebody Think of the Children? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, don't worry about having to program it yourself. Nope, ClearPlay (http://www.clearplay.com/) will figure out which parts are objectionable and auto-edit them out for you. Like those eeeeevil parts in the SpongeBob movie (no joke! see http://www.clearplay.com/Releases.aspx)