[Lunatic Fringe]

The president of the Motion Picture Association of America said the technology involved worries him because it can also be used to turn G-rated movies into pornography.

Good point... would you be so Gung-Ho about violating copyright laws if they, say, turned the "Little Mermaid" into a low grade porno? Don't laugh, someone would want to do it.

[Revolting cat!]

Porno takeoffs on fairy tales have been done and are being done. No news there. I can't see how this technology would encourage anyone to transform Lassie into a porno flick! To what end? This is nothing but a diversionary shot by the current Hollywood pornographers. Also, the copyright issue is merely a legal angle they found to fight it, and, according to an article in the WSJ I read last week, a rather weak one.

The issue, from Hollywood's point of view, is simply (Occam's Razor) that of preserving the integrity of their products. The Hollywood pornographers remain blissfully unaware that they are pornographers, and like to think of the crap they are producing as High Art.

[RAT Patrol]

LF, you make a good point but this is about my at-home consumption. I have a terrible time finding movies for all ages. At 41, I don't enjoy all the smut in movies. I can't tell you how many times I've thought, "Why is that in there? It isn't necessary."

[Heyworth]

Suppose that it's a book that we're talking about. Suppose someone takes a copyrighted work--something by Ann Coulter, for instance--and cuts out everything offensive to liberals. Then they sell that book, saying that it is still Coulter's book. It's the same thing. The home technology is harder to argue against, since it applies exclusively to the end user, but for a reseller to alter a copyrighted product is clearly illegal. Furthermore, there are plenty of family-friendly movies available for people out there. The people who want these bowdlerized versions want to have their cake and eat it, too--to see Hollywood blockbusters, but be spared anything in them that might offend. Rent almost anything made before 1965. Plenty of good stuff there.

[Renfield]

HAR HAR HAR!! When Beavis and Butthead find out the Little Mermaid is "easy", they'll finally be able to score!!

[rmmcdaniell]

The president of the Motion Picture Association of America said the technology involved worries him because it can also be used to turn G-rated movies into pornography.

Good point... would you be so Gung-Ho about violating copyright laws if they, say, turned the "Little Mermaid" into a low grade porno? Don't laugh, someone would want to do it.

Christians who would support this kind of editing better think long and hard about the potential consquences if they win. The shoe will end up on the other foot and you will see people ripping pages out of christian literature and re-placing and re-selling them with pornographic pictures. If you want wholesome movies then invest your own money and makes films of your own. You have no right to sell altered versions of someone elses artwork.