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It appears to be the final chapter in an interesting (if more-than-occasionally laughable) effort to produce family-friendly versions of movies<\/a> out of, well, the Normal Stuff Hollywood Produces.  A federal judge in Denver<\/a> has ruled that, no, you can’t take a DVD, edit out the naughty bits, and sell it
\nto people who want to see the bowdlerized version.<\/p>\n

\n

In an order signed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch ordered CleanFlicks, of Colorado; Family Flix, of Arizona; and Play it Clean Video, of Utah, to stop producing the films edited to remove profanity, sex and violence. <\/p>\n

[…] “The accused parties make much of their public policy argument and have submitted many communications from viewers expressing their appreciation for the opportunity to view movies in the setting of the family home without concern for any harmful effects on their children,” Matsch wrote. <\/p>\n

“This argument is inconsequential to copyright law and is addressed in the wrong forum. This court is not free to determine the social value of copyrighted works. What is protected are the creator’s rights to protect its creation in the form in which it was created.” <\/p>\n

The judge noted that the Family Movie Act of 2005 permits individuals to edit films to remove objectionable content in their own homes, but lawmakers didn’t approve the sale of edited copies of films. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In some ways, the Real World has gone past the legal wrangling, though.  CleanFlicks — one of the biggest players in the market — went out of business in 2002, during the course of the law suit, because, well, not enough people were buying their expurgated versions to make it worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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