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Bush signs bill to let parents strip offensive scenes from films
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| 4/27/5
Posted on 04/27/2005 10:22:11 AM PDT by SmithL
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:22:18 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
To: SmithL
Thanks for posting this. I love this President. What a great day for families all across America. I don't even have kids, yet, but now I will be able to sit down with good friends and watch a movie without being embarrassed!!
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:24:33 AM PDT
by
yellowdoghunter
(FR is so popular that people repost our thoughts on different message boards! It is an honor!)
To: yellowdoghunter
Any word on how long before we can filter offensive actors instead of just scenes?
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:26:54 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: SmithL
I bet airlines will love this technology. They'll be able to offer only the cleaned up version of the movie on inflight entertainment systems without having to get custom edited versions.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:27:20 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:27:43 AM PDT
by
trisham
("Live Free or Die," General John Stark, July 31, 1809)
To: SmithL
So I guess the opposition to this is coming from the movie-makers, claiming that their "creativity" is being infringed upon?
Nowadays you only need a limited vocabulary to be a scriptwriter. F***, S***, A**, G*******, Kn*ckers, semprini...these and a few other words will get you up and running!
/sarc
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:28:49 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(This tagline should only be taken under the advice of your doctor.)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Yeah, but the headline in BS:
"Bush signs bill to let parents strip offensive scenes from films"
The scenes are not "stripped", they are AVOIDED. The media hasn't been changed and the content is still available. More "This-admistration-is-pro-censorship" spin...
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:29:02 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: SmithL
THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH!
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:30:30 AM PDT
by
DrDeb
To: libs_kma
Now you are on to something. LOL!!
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:30:40 AM PDT
by
yellowdoghunter
(FR is so popular that people repost our thoughts on different message boards! It is an honor!)
To: SmithL; aculeus; general_re; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim; BlueLancer; Thinkin' Gal; Happygal; ...
... strip offensive scenes ...The public will snatch up these devices.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:31:22 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: SmithL
Kids can now watch the cleaned up version of Pulp Fiction. It has the title, a little banter about what a Quarter Pounder is called in Europe, and the credits.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:33:37 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: dighton
... strip offensive scenes ...I can't wait to put in a michael moore film and watch the machine start smoking, and self destruct.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:40:07 AM PDT
by
Lekker 1
("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
To: SmithL
As long as the original creators of the movies stil get their full royalties, I think this is probably OK.
I wonder if this would allow somoene to sell DVDs of the original Star Wars movies that George Lucas claims no longer exist.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:42:52 AM PDT
by
grundle
To: KarlInOhio
Why would kids want to watch Pulp Fiction? I thought it was a film aimed at adults.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:43:32 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: KarlInOhio
And also the super yummy five dollar milkshake. There's always room for a good milkshake!
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:45:27 AM PDT
by
grundle
To: grundle
This law isn't about selling alternate versions of DVDs. The ClearPlay has a database of the "naughty bits" in various DVDs, so when one of those DVDs is played it will skip the offensive parts.
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:52:41 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: KarlInOhio
Don't forget the Big Kahuna burger.
(Now THAT is a tasty burger!)
To: SmithL
The "creative types" are just idiots on this issue.
When a person uses the filtering service they get an UNcensored original DVD AND an edited version.
The studioes still make their money.
This is no different than the editing for broadcast TV only without the creeping deviance.
What are the studios afraid of? That they will not make money? no because each DVD is paid for. The issue is their indoctrination efforts.
It is pure elitism. View this movie and think what I tell you. Imagine technology that advances so much that whole characters can be edited seamlessly.
To: longtermmemmory
If I buy a book, am I legally entitled to skip certain pages?
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posted on
04/27/2005 11:10:41 AM PDT
by
Restorer
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