Removing sex, swears from films violates copyright: court

[RLT69]

RottenFoxBreath wrote:

ahhhh JAMM's..i remember them,also known as the KLF..ive got that album,an illegal copy too,couldnt get it for love nor money..it was pretty good..they did some good stuff.
also,i watched "play misty for me " last night on bbc1,and it was about 4 minutes shorter than the original version....but it was shown after midnight ..unbelievable..

You bastard! I've been looking for that album, on cd no less. I have their KLF stuff - the Chill Out album is wild.

8)

[jagabo]

i watched "play misty for me " last night on bbc1,and it was about 4 minutes shorter than the original version....but it was shown after midnight ..unbelievable..

It may not have been cut. 4 minutes shorter is about right for an NTSC to PAL conversion (24 fps to 25 fps) of a 106 minute movie.

[MOVIEGEEK]

There are several films where they(filmmakers/studios) edited the content when they released it on video:
"Smokey And The Bandit" where Jackie Gleason tells his son "when I get home I'm going to punch your momma right in the mouth".
"Planes,Trains And Automobiles" in the plane scene where John Candy eats the brownie that was touched by the womans hair.

[celtic_druid]

What about Demolition Man where they dubbed Pizza Hut over Taco Bell?

[thecoalman]

i wonder if this is going to effect "reader digest condensed books" ?

Why would it? They have permission.

[guns1inger]

Changes such as those to Demolition Man are common, and are basically a product placement or rights issues. A compant pays to have their product in the theatrical version, then refuses to pay more to have it used in the video release. The same issue often happens with music, where the film makers pay royalties to use a song in the theatrical release, but then chose not to for the video release and have to alter the sound track accordingly. These are simple commercial issues and deals.