'Bleep!' focuses on DVD censorship By Sam Allis, Globe Staff | April 26, 2005
It was only a matter of time. >From the cauldron of controversy surrounding family values these days, someone was bound to start fooling around with Hollywood movie DVDs in the name of morality. And with the digital technology that arrived in the '90s ushering in the DVD era, editing the things became so easy that even an adult could do it. A few years ago, technology bumped into intellectual property. A man in American Fork, Utah, named Ray Lines began buying film DVDs, editing out what he considered inappropriate violence, sex, nudity, language, whatever, and reselling the DVDs. This is the opening bell of a fascinating hourlong documentary airing tonight on AMC called ''Bleep! Censoring Hollywood," produced by ABC News Productions. The debate over sanitizing has remained under the radar for many of us, but it doesn't take long to grasp its implications. Wherever you stand on the issue, the content of this generally evenhanded show is so compelling that other considerations, like its format and style, are irrelevant. ... http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/04/26/bleep_focuses_on_dvd_censorship/ Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _______________________________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
