Censoring Hollywood - Bilge

FZ Feelin Zombified Tiki Socialite The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair Joined: Jul 15, 2003 Posts: 1340	FZ Feelin Zombified Posted posted on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 8:44 AM On 2005-04-27 08:30, seamus wrote: hasn't WalMart been selling edited versions of movies for quite awhile now? or is that just an urban legend? To my knowledge, walmart is selling edited movies that were re-cut by the studio... much like Blockbuster. What's happening now is self-righteous mom & pop companies violating copyrights by doing the editing themselves and selling them. Some companies edit out sex & gore, others go further by taking out references to gays or things that would ruin their sheltered little world. -Z

On 2005-04-27 08:30, seamus wrote:
hasn't WalMart been selling edited versions of movies for quite awhile now? or is that just an urban legend?

To my knowledge, walmart is selling edited movies that were re-cut by the studio... much like Blockbuster. What's happening now is self-righteous mom & pop companies violating copyrights by doing the editing themselves and selling them. Some companies edit out sex & gore, others go further by taking out references to gays or things that would ruin their sheltered little world.

-Z

Post #155183 by Feelin Zombified on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 8:44 AM