This company is taking videos and editing out what they think is offensive =
and then saying they aren't changing the content. I've heard several =
national news programs discussing it. As librarians and media specialists =
we need to be aware that this type of editing is expurgation. One of the =
Library Bill of Rights is that we will oppose expurgation of material =
because it changes the meaning. Even abridgments of original works can =
change the meaning of a work. There are thousands and thousands of =
educationally appropriate videos without this editing. Teachers and =
libraries who don't like the content of a video should look for another =
video that will cover the same subject and still meet their educational =
needs. In my opinion, the people who are editing these feature films are =
violating the copyright no matter what their argument in favor of doing it =
is. The courts will be the ones to decide this issue. =20
On 10/3/02, Elizabeth Bentley <elizabeth@WARDROBE-ON-THE-WEB.COM> wrote:
>On 1/10/2002 Joni Rathbun wrote:
>>On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Grad, Pam wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone tell me the name of the service that will edit =
inappropriate=3D20
>>> material from videos so they can be shown to students?
>>>
>>
>>I'm curious about the copyright implications involved in something
>>like this.
>
>I recently heard an item on BBC radio which seemed to be about this.
>Apparently there are people in Utah (I think) who are buying copies
>of the videos and editing them individually. This is done to meet
>'family values', and while the makers of the films seem pretty
>unhappy, the Utah people's argument is that since they are buying=20
>the
>same number of the original video as they are selling on edited,
>there is no breach of copyright.
>
>EB
>
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