Then again, some people might ONLY want the duck scenes. This proves very good
value because then while one person is hiring the duckless scene, someone else
can hire the duckful scene. That equals 200% profit, does it not. Now who said
that loosening up the IP laws loses companies money?
OK sorry
Vicki
> bb> In the same spirit, I love the idea of being able to maintain a profile
> for yourself at some kind of service hub which dynamically reconfigures the
> film for you against certain self-maintained criteria as you pull it down
> in real-time through the T1 line from the 'studio'.
> Someone might want 'no violence, all the sex', someone else might want
> 'extra violence, only same-sex sex' and yet someone else might agree to pay
> extra for 'all the product placements to be removed'. Pay per view
> achieves a whole new meaning. Hell someone might be duck-phobic and so
> would want to excise any ducks...the possibilities are endless.
>
> I think this is an excellent idea and in fact is a rare opportunity for
> them to actually provide some kind of 'after-production' value in the process.
>
> Not to mention how cool it would be to hack for artistic purposes....
>
>
>
> At 10:36 15/08/2002 -0500, Carrie McLaren wrote:
> >>>>> i know of a video rental place that started editing tapes for
> >>>>> sensitive viewers (i think the store is called "clean cuts"). they
> >>>>> got into legal trouble initially and their solution was that instead
> >>>>> of renting the edited videos all the customers have to become
> >>>>> co-owners of the videos and then the editing is ok. so individuals
> >>>>> pay a monthly fee to "own" all the videos and can then check out a
> >>>>> certain number.
> ><<<<<
> >
> >
> >Personally, I'm all for this, as long it is clear that the videos are
> >edited and as long as the uncut versions are also available.
> >
> >Besides, it's sort of silly to argue for the artistic value of a lot of
> >Hollywood films, considering how many of them are decided by focus groups,
> >with sex and violence used just to prop up ticket sales. The typical
> >Hollywood filmmaking process is as much about censorship as outlets like
> >"clean cuts," only what winds up on the cutting room floor are not
> >instances of sex/violence but complicated ideas of any kind.
> >
> >carrie
> >
> >
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