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Court Rules Against Sanitizing Films (thanks, byzantinespy)

SALT LAKE CITY -- Sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws, and several companies that scrub films must turn over their inventory to Hollywood studios, an appeals judge ruled.

Editing movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence is an "illegitimate business" that hurts Hollywood studios and directors who own the movie rights, said U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch in a decision released Thursday in Denver.

"Their (studios and directors) objective ... is to stop the infringement because of its irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies," the judge wrote. "There is a public interest in providing such protection."

Matsch ordered the companies named in the suit, including CleanFlicks, Play It Clean Video and CleanFilms, to stop "producing, manufacturing, creating" and renting edited movies. The businesses also must turn over their inventory to the movie studios within five days of the ruling.

"We're disappointed," CleanFlicks chief executive Ray Lines said. "This is a typical case of David vs. Goliath, but in this case, Hollywood rewrote the ending. We're going to continue to fight."

I had no idea this was going on.

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Ohio roller coaster mishap injures 27 riders: Dozens of minor head, neck injuries reported after ride completes loop

Autism Reveals Social Roots of Language

Pioneer sex researcher dies at 84

Bag searches become routine on NYC subway

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Do you consider yourself to be an honest person?

Will there be an appeal?

The same judge who signed off on the warrant to raid a congressman's office says the raid was legal.


Debate rages on office raid [William Jefferson]

The William Jefferson thing: a timeline of events

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Syndicator to review Coulter plagiarism claims | Syndicator dismisses claims against Coulter

E-mail from Crown Publishing to Media Matters

Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings -- Grover Norquist, the person who wanted to reduce government down to the size where you could drown it in a bathtub

Ga. Appeals Restraining Order on Voter IDs

FBI plans new Net-tapping push

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Obesity Inflation -- lots of stuff in this article

Effect of 6-Month Calorie Restriction on Biomarkers of Longevity, Metabolic Adaptation, and Oxidative Stress in Overweight Individuals

Quitting Smoking Boosts Weight By 21 Pounds

Practice builds brain connections for babies learning language, how to speak -- very, very cool article (thanks, dsgood)