Not all media librarians lurking on this list think the Mr. CleanVideo's
work is legal. As several people have noted, films are abridged all the
time -- for television, airplanes, schools, etc. (Remember how the
censors removed the best shot from Zeffirelli's _Romeo and Juliet_ when
it was shown in schools?) But I can't imagine arguing that you can do this
*without* permission. The work has been changed. -- Kris
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Jessica Rosner wrote:
> Ok I shouldn't but one last comment. I am concerned if not disturbed that
> someone involved in Media would not believe that editing and than renting a
> film is NOT a copyright violation.. To compare this to bad projection (
> which I probably hate more than ANYTHING ) is just silly.
>
> I do believe most studios would in fact be willing to do edit versions of
> their own films if they saw profit in it and indeed companies that rent them
> for public screenings like SWANK have edited versions available BUT this is
> done WITH permission and by agreement. I honestly could care less about most
> of the titles on the Clean Video edit list but I am particularly upset by
> the two Speilberg films, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and especially SCHINDLER'S
> LIST. Cutting out the violence , nudity, bad words etc. destroys the very
> integrity of these films. Speilberg had TOTAL control of the release of
> Schindler and was adamant that the film HAD to be shown as is. Brigham Young
> University gained some notoriety for canceling a screening due to
> objections. He believed as I do that even middle and high school students
> needed to see the film EXACTLY as he made it and went to some length to
> arrange screenings. Clean Video has NO RIGHT legally OR morally to edit this
> film to his beliefs. Again I hope and believe the MPPA or perhaps Speilberg
> himself will get this guy in court
>
> Jessica Rosner
> Kino
>
>
Kristine R. Brancolini, Director, Digital Library Program
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Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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