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To: Egg

You don’t get it. Suppose you spent years to make a documentary that supported your politics. And suppose, once you released it that someone who disagreed with your politics took your film which you have released and are entitled to the earnings from the sale, and he edited it to the point where it supported his politics and he sold it and made money off it.

What would you do?

The films are owned and copyrighted, the owners are the ones that decide how it can be sold, nor profit from the sale. No one else is allowed that right without approval from the owners. You are not on the side of the law here.


21 posted on 11/15/2010 8:36:44 PM PST by Sto Zvirat
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To: Sto Zvirat
What would you do?

I believe a disclaimer stating that the film had been altered is quite sufficient, seeing as I would have been compensated for the purchase of the original film.

You are not on the side of the law here.

Post #24 is for you, too.
29 posted on 11/15/2010 8:41:29 PM PST by Egg (It's a Keynesian thing; we wouldn't understand.)
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To: Sto Zvirat

Actually, parody is protected use. Provided he wasn’t making money off selling the discs, fire away.


40 posted on 11/15/2010 9:04:55 PM PST by BenKenobi (DonÂ’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.)
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