See my 173. So reselling my autographed baseball cards is now illegal?
If you do it on your own, that falls under fair use, but you can't go and make changes to copyrighted materials and distribute or sell them. Its a property rights issue.
That's right. It's my property. I bought it. I can make any cuts to it I want. I can even ask someone to help me make those cuts. I can ask someone to make the cuts for me. Rather than purchasing it and sending it to someone to make those cuts for men, I can ask someone to purchase it on my behalf and make the cuts I request then send it to me. I set up a standing order for them to make certain cuts to new movies (the same ones as in the TV and airline versions that the directors and studios have already approved). I can ask for them to stock these in advance. I can tell other friends of mine that they too can partake of this service. There we are.
Re: baseball cards, not sure, I haven't read the copyright agreement on that. I assume that it is in the interest of the card companies to allow it, but I don't know their agreements.
Read the copyright agreements on your DVD's, you can't do this without authorization from the copyright holders, plain and simple.