Censoring Hollywood - Bilge

J JTD Member J'ville Joined: Apr 07, 2003 Posts: 408	J JTD Posted posted on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 6:54 AM This is a great discussion but I think folks are getting worked up over the mixing of two topics in one here. Topic one, the alteration of an artist's work, and topic two, the compulsion, by government, to view the altered work instead of the original (i.e. censorship). Since topic one is so much less inflammatory than topic two, the creators of the TV Show titled it "Censoring Hollywood" when it's really about who has the right, if any, to change the content of a videotape or DVD. My opinion is that commercial ventures to alter the videos for resale are illegal. Do I really care though, if John Doe takes his previouisly purchased DVD to someone who takes out the parts he doesn't like? No where in that article or TV show is there mention of the government forcing the altered videos on the rest of us. Just the specter of it, I guess, because it gets people like TikiGardener (and me) fired up. Remember when the person tried selling a self-painted Gecko mug on eBay? That was wrong. But, do I care if she painted it herself and then put it on her own shelf? Not really. What if she knew she was a lousy painter and decided to pay the local artist do it for her? Do I care then? Do you? JTD

This is a great discussion but I think folks are getting worked up over the mixing of two topics in one here. Topic one, the alteration of an artist's work, and topic two, the compulsion, by government, to view the altered work instead of the original (i.e. censorship).

Since topic one is so much less inflammatory than topic two, the creators of the TV Show titled it "Censoring Hollywood" when it's really about who has the right, if any, to change the content of a videotape or DVD.

My opinion is that commercial ventures to alter the videos for resale are illegal. Do I really care though, if John Doe takes his previouisly purchased DVD to someone who takes out the parts he doesn't like? No where in that article or TV show is there mention of the government forcing the altered videos on the rest of us. Just the specter of it, I guess, because it gets people like TikiGardener (and me) fired up.

Remember when the person tried selling a self-painted Gecko mug on eBay? That was wrong. But, do I care if she painted it herself and then put it on her own shelf? Not really. What if she knew she was a lousy painter and decided to pay the local artist do it for her? Do I care then? Do you?

JTD

Post #155433 by JTD on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 6:54 AM