[Revolting cat!]

This is too good to be true! We ought to encourage Hollyweird to publicize their complaint, and at the same time advertise (inadvertently, of course) their wonderful agenda.

[Lunatic Fringe]

The problem is, with a lot of movies if you sanitize the sex, language, and violence you don't have very much left.... Why rent a movie like that when you can watch it on TBS for free?

Just my humble opinion....

[Revolting cat!]

I can't find the WSJ article which had lots of detail, but here is a couple of telling excerpts from the LA Slimes:

"The studios had been reluctant to join the ongoing legal battle between sanitizers and directors, largely for fear of seeming to oppose advocates of film decency. "We were dragged in kicking and screaming," one executive said."

[...]

"Some operators, including CleanFlicks, rent videos from which offending scenes have been edited. Others sell software that lets consumers edit a DVD copy to their own specifications. CleanFlicks has argued that it doesn't violate copyright laws because it buys a new copy every time it edits a film."

[HitmanLV]

I dunno...just be careful what you rent for family viewing, that's all. I have 1200 DVDs and I would say that maybe 20% are suitible for people of all ages (no violence or strong language/nudity) and the majority are about as violent/profane as 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' was - which is to say too violent for the littlest kids but fine for just about everyone.

Hey, I turned out ok, didn't I?

[steve-b]

Hollywood's action should be dismissed with prejudice (that's legalese for "get this nonsense out of my courtroom and don't ever bring it back"). It's equivalent to claiming that snipping a copy out of a newspaper and throwing away the rest is copyright infringement.

[RightOnline]

Let Hollywood fume...........but the freakin' hypocrites have NO problem whatsoever with the "sanitized" versions of their films being later shown on TV, do they? 'Course not, for they're being paid.

Slimy, stupid hypocrites. Next time one of these dweebs lays some "restriction of artistic license" style argument on us, remember this.