[stuck_in_new_orleans]

What these companies were not doing was taking the artist's work without compensation... compensation was paid in the form of movie royalities as required

that doesnt give you the right to alter their work.

[LowOiL]

that doesnt give you the right to alter their work.

Never said it did , did I?

The courts have said the "artists" have the right to pawn their smut unobstructed since they claim full ownership of all the "F" words and nudity that make the movie so very perfect...

I am just glad they have lost some viewers.. This a great decision since it has lowered their incomes...IMHO...

[ApplegateRanch]

that doesnt give you the right to alter their work.

Don't TV networks routinely do this? They call it, "edited for television". Even more often, they simply "bleep" words.

As to "no right", does that mean I should be sued for blacking out certain words or phrases in a book I buy and give to a (ahem!) 'person of tender (y)ears'?

What about custom paint or other after-market modifications to "the copyrighted work" of the auto designers/companies? Tell me that THAT doesn't "alter" another's work! Or, is it only entertainment copyrights that count, under this 'no right to alter' doctrine of yours?

[wouldntbprudent]

Can you not take your music at home and make remixes? Or is that "altering their work"?

Can you not take a DVD you paid for and record it with a gag audio track, just for fun? Or is that "altering their work"?