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Originally posted by ThatGuamGuy
Also, they're not the "edited for television version"s, that's absurd. Blockbuster doesn't carry NC-17 or unrated movies, but they do carry R, and they require NC-17 or unrated movies to be edited down to R before they'll carry them (ironic, since they will carry movies released at R but given unrated cuts on DVD), but R-rated is hardly "edited for television". Anybody who's rented 'Re-Animator' from Blockbuster would still be getting more than if they watched in on Sci-Fi Channel.

My local Blockbusters here in Plano will also carry the unrated version of a movie even when there is an R-rated version available.

And they have a whole lot of direct to video horror that was never rated (and therefore "unrated").

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Originally posted by BigDan
My local Blockbusters here in Plano will also carry the unrated version of a movie even when there is an R-rated version available.

And they have a whole lot of direct to video horror that was never rated (and therefore "unrated").

I remember they used to have a section which was essentially direct-to-video softcore porn, it was "thriller" I believe. But, yeah, most of those were never rated.

And yeah, there are individual exceptions, but Blockbuster's corporate policy is (or was until recently, at least; I can't be sure it hasn't changed, I haven't been to a Blockbuster to rent in years) that they wouldn't carry unrated titles. The thing is, as unrated titles became a bigger source of income for distributors, distributors became less likely to follow this directive, because they were more empowered to say, "Hey, if you don't like it, your competitors will carry it and you'll lose business," and if there's one thing that trumps corporate morality, it's corporate profits.

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Originally posted by ThatGuamGuy
When Clean Flicks sells DVDs, they do, in fact, sell the original *and* a DVD-R with the edited copy. I don't think they do it when they rent, but when they sell, they definitely do; I assume it's because it wouldn't be legal to *just* sell the edited versions, for all the reasons you've cited.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes. First, I'm not sure if Clean Flicks was doing this at the time that they sued the DGA; they may have done this as some sort of weird CYA tactic. Plus, as you point out, they may well only be renting edited versions. Also, don't forget my mention of FamilyFlix there: they make the original discs unwatchable as per their stated policy.

DJ