Your Edited DVD Family Movie
03-20-06 | 09:44 AM
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Your Edited DVD Family Movie
While searching for a 2 disc War of the Worlds DVd on ebay, I found this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/War-of-the-World...QQcmdZViewItem
Is this fucking legal?!!!! They have a business where they "edit" dvds for "family viewing". WTF?!!! I knew that there was a DVD player that does that, but wasn't there a lawsuit several years ago about a company or video store doing something similar? And by the way, I have nothing to do with this auction, so I'm not promoting them at all, just pointing them out for curiosity and discussion.
http://cgi.ebay.com/War-of-the-World...QQcmdZViewItem
Is this fucking legal?!!!! They have a business where they "edit" dvds for "family viewing". WTF?!!! I knew that there was a DVD player that does that, but wasn't there a lawsuit several years ago about a company or video store doing something similar? And by the way, I have nothing to do with this auction, so I'm not promoting them at all, just pointing them out for curiosity and discussion.
03-20-06 | 10:12 AM
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NOTICE: In order to purchase this EDITED copy of the movie you must first have purchased the original DVDand still in working condition. You are paying in this auction for our service to have us edit your DVD for you under the "FAIR USE" copyright laws. This generally states that when you buy an original DVD (in this case) you have the right to burn it, sell it, or even edit it, just as long as it is your own private DVD.
Well, I guess they got us there......*ahem*
03-20-06 | 01:18 PM
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Did anyone here reported them? The link I posted above is now unavailble, although he still has several auctions left. The funniest one of the is this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/A-History-of-Vio...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/A-History-of-Vio...QQcmdZViewItem
03-20-06 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
I did report him actually, but it was after your original post; I don't know how fast Ebay moves in cases like this.
Well, thay did really move very fast, since they took down the auction a couple of hours later.
03-22-06 | 06:10 PM
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heh
I guess I'm an arsehole.
I reported all that guy's "Edited Movies" yesterday....Now not a one is on there. Hmm....there was someone else selling the same type of stuff. To the ReportMobile!
I guess I'm an arsehole.
I reported all that guy's "Edited Movies" yesterday....Now not a one is on there. Hmm....there was someone else selling the same type of stuff. To the ReportMobile!
03-23-06 | 12:51 AM
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I don't think they understand Fair Use. One has the rights to edit their owned movies yes... but charging someone to edit it for you is not protected under Fair Use.
You mean Alien3?
