Re: "Bowdlerizing for Columbine" piece

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Clark, Drew wrote:

> "Bowdlerizing for Columbine"

> <http://slate.msn.com/id/2077192/>

There's something here that appears to be a contradition:

   The Clean Flicks folks say they respect those copyrights by only making    a single edited copy for each original video or DVD they purchase.

So this is saying that Clean Flicks *does* make a copy of the movie (which would be prima facie copyright infringement).

   Because ClearPlay and Trilogy Studios do nothing to physically copy or    alter DVDs, they are not vulnerable to charges of copyright or    trademark infringement.

This says the opposite.

It also seems to me that, apart from the copying issue of copying the DVD, Clean Flicks, by altering the software (or providing new software) that determines the sequence or appearance of the images to be displayed, is circumventing a technical measure that controls access to the work, violating section 1201.

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