RE: [dvd-discuss] The other AAP (was Sen. Hollings plans...)

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

I had heard of someone running an editing service
where they would edit the objectionable material
out of a movie for you.  I think they got around
the copyright issues by not duplicating the movie,
but actually buying & editing each copy individually.
Either that, or you bought & sent in your copy and
he returned it edited.

Wish I could remember contact information for this
guy ...

-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Zulauf [mailto:johnzu@ia.nsc.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:58 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] The other AAP (was Sen. Hollings plans...)
> 
> 
> Mickey,  maybe you should get in touch with the EFF etc. to create a
> great PR blitz about how  opposed to family-values the DMCA and SSSCA
> are.  Call me a prude (that's okay, I know I'm weird), but I 
> haven't let
> my kids (all under 13)  see "Titanic" because of the nude scene.  If I
> could make ONE snip -- then they could watch it -- even if this meant
> buying a 2GHz P4 with the MPEG encoding card (it would **break** my
> heart to have to buy such thing).  But NOOOO, I have to edit at the
> crudest "binary" granularity, view or not view.
> 
> Yes -- BTW -- I think this is consistant with the EFF's "free speech"
> campaign.  Freedom is about choices.  I don't want Hollywood 
> acting "in
> (en?) loco parentis" I want the freedom to choose standards of
> appropriate content for my minor children, and when allow them broader
> choices.  Others, might make other choices (for example leaving in the
> nudity but editing out curses invoking the name of G_d), but 
> the SSSCA,
> DMCA et. al. make no choice available at all.  (this BTW would be a
> great application of the "overlay/edit-decision-list" technology we
> threaded about some time ago)
> 
> "The DMCA and the SSSCA are anti-family"  -- now THERE's spin for you!
> 
> .002
> 
> Mickey wrote:
> > 
> > A few days ago, my son went to the doctor for his 
> two-year-old checkup. During
> > the visit, we receieved an information package from the 
> American Academy of
> > Pediatrics describing parenting tips for the 2 to 5 year old range.
> > 
> > In the package was a full  page dedicated to ways to shield 
> your children from
> > objectionable content and commercials. Thier advice is to record the
> > programming and the edit out the things that you don't want 
> your kids to see.
> > The advice is echoed on their website (www.aap.org), as 
> well. I have written
> > them to inquire as to their position on the legal 
> challenges to parents who
> > would follow their advice.
> > 
> > mickeym
> > 
> > lists@politechbot.com wrote:
> > 
> > > ----- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh 
> <declan@well.com> -----
> > >
> > > From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
> > > Subject: FC: Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA 
> sequel: The SSSCA
> > > To: politech@politechbot.com
> > > Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:22:25 -0400
> > > X-URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/
> > >
> > > Text of SSSCA draft bill:
> > > http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
> > >
> > > Politech archive on DMCA:
> > > http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dmca
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html
> > >
> > >     New Copyright Bill Heading to DC
> > >     By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
> > >     4:19 p.m. Sep. 7, 2001 PDT
> > >
> > >     WASHINGTON -- Music and record industry lobbyists are 
> quietly readying
> > >     an all-out assault on Congress this fall in hopes of 
> dramatically
> > >     rewriting copyright laws.
> > >
> > >     With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the 
> powerful chairman of the
> > >     Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed 
> copy-protection controls
> > >     in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. 
> All types of
> > >     digital content, including music, video and e-books, 
> are covered.
> > >
> > >     The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA),
> > >     scheduled to be introduced by Hollings, backs up this 
> requirement with
> > >     teeth: It would be a civil offense to create or sell 
> any kind of
> > >     computer equipment that "does not include and utilize 
> certified
> > >     security technologies" approved by the federal government.
> > >
> > >     It also creates new federal felonies, punishable by 
> five years in
> > >     prison and fines of up to $500,000. Anyone who 
> distributes copyrighted
> > >     material with "security measures" disabled or has a 
> network-attached
> > >     computer that disables copy protection is covered.
> > >
> > >     Hollings' draft bill, which Wired News obtained on 
> Friday, represents
> > >     the next round of the ongoing legal tussle between 
> content holders and
> > >     their opponents, including librarians, programmers 
> and open-source
> > >     advocates.
> > >
> > >     [...]
> > >
> > > 
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