Editing out offensive language from movies

from GigaLaw.com Daily News, by Doug Isenberg July 11, 2006

Editing Movies Violates Copyright, Judge Rules

      After a bitter three-year legal battle involving Utah companies that sanitize movies on DVD and VHS tape, a federal judge in Denver ruled that such editing violates U.S. copyright laws and must be stopped. In a ruling in the case involving CleanFlicks vs. 16 of Hollywood's hottest directors, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch found that making copies of movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence hurts studios and directors who own the movie rights.

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