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« on: November 15, 2010, 11:55:15 PM »

Studios Sue to Stop 'Family-Friendly' DVD Service 
...A coalition of major studios including Paramount, Warner Bros., MGM, Disney, Universal and Fox has filed a lawsuit against a defendant who has taken movies such as "Iron Man 2," "The Hurt Locker," "Prince of Persia" and "Date Night," altered them to be free of objectionable content, and is distributing them to consumers as "family-friendly." 

 The lawsuit was filed on Thurday in Arizona District Court against Family Edited DVDS, Inc. and its leader, John Webster.

The studios claim that the reproduction of the films violates their exclusive copyrights. Further, the plaintiffs allege that the defendant is selling its films in DVD-R format, which they say strips away copyright protection measures and makes them "highly vulnerable to further unauthorized copying and other forms of infringement..."   

...Family Edited DVDs couldn't be reached for comment. Judging by the appearance of their website, the company may have seen this lawsuit coming. It is currently advertising a "liquidation" sale, telling its customers to get edited DVDs while they still can... 

http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/131-studios-sue-to-stop-family-friendly-dvd-service 

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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 04:50:27 AM »

The site is no longer up, would love to see a review of one of these so called "edits".
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 06:06:19 AM »

Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 07:47:54 AM »

Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle

It would probably be the length of a commercial.
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 10:20:58 PM »

Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle

It would probably be the length of a commercial.

Haha!  You got that right..  A friendly version of I Spit On Your Grave.  Now THERE'S an idea.... right up there with the G rated version of Takashi Miike's AuditionTwirling


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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2010, 11:04:27 PM »

Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle

It would probably be the length of a commercial.

Haha!  You got that right..  A friendly version of I Spit On Your Grave.  Now THERE'S an idea.... right up there with the G rated version of Takashi Miike's AuditionTwirling

You are thinking too small.  We got to see a G rated verison of Battle Royale, Pink Flamingos, and Dead Alive.  I pay good money for a copy of those.
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 11:37:54 AM »

There was a company a few years ago who did this but they ended up being nothing moe than a front for a porn company or something.
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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2010, 02:49:37 PM »

Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle

It would probably be the length of a commercial.

Haha!  You got that right..  A friendly version of I Spit On Your Grave.  Now THERE'S an idea.... right up there with the G rated version of Takashi Miike's Audition.  Twirling

You are thinking too small.  We got to see a G rated verison of Battle Royale, Pink Flamingos, and Dead Alive.  I pay good money for a copy of those.

Pay me $50 a pop and I'll edit those for you and burn 'em to DVD.   Twirling

On that note, just try watching the R-rated version of Dead-Alive.  The film is DESTROYED UTTERLY.  Even worse is the R-rated version of The Killer - ALL the action scenes are rendered completely incoherent.  Which is like 1/3 of the film.
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2010, 03:01:53 PM »


Wasn't that the most idiotic idea to begin with?
That said, I wonder if they had a family friendly I Spit On Your Grave version  BounceGiggle

It would probably be the length of a commercial.

Haha!  You got that right..  A friendly version of I Spit On Your Grave.  Now THERE'S an idea.... right up there with the G rated version of Takashi Miike's Audition.  Twirling

You are thinking too small.  We got to see a G rated verison of Battle Royale, Pink Flamingos, and Dead Alive.  I pay good money for a copy of those.

Pay me $50 a pop and I'll edit those for you and burn 'em to DVD.
  Twirling

Deal  Cheers

On that note, just try watching the R-rated version of Dead-Alive.  The film is DESTROYED UTTERLY.  Even worse is the R-rated version of The Killer - ALL the action scenes are rendered completely incoherent.  Which is like 1/3 of the film.

Behold, the power of the Family-Friendly movie... Buggedout
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