[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.

[Bubba_Leroy]

If I want to buy a copy of a book, cut out some pages, then resell it I have every right to do so. That is all they are doing here. They are NOT buying one copy, editing it and then reselling multiple copies. That would be a clear violation of copyright law.

[steve-b]

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.

Survey says: X

If I told the purchaser up front that the edition was abridged (in this case, abridged all the way down to blank paper), and the purchaser chose to accept it with that understanding, then no one is misled.

[eno_]

but for a reseller to alter a copyrighted product is clearly illegal

Not true: If I buy legit copies of a book, and black out all the parts some target market finds offensive, and then sell them the book, I am perfectly within my rights. As far as I know, none of these bowdlerizers are pirates. The copyright holder gets paid whether or not the naughty bits are excised.

[RightOnline]

Re: Your #8: See my #33.

You think the version of, say, "Pulp Fiction" on CBS would be the same version you'd see on DVD.....or in the theatre before that?

Hardly.

New policy, sanitizing movies for TV?

Hardly. Been done for over 50 years. Don't fall for their stupidly arcane, hypocritical argument. This has NOTHING to do with so-called "artistic integrity".