New Clean Video Suit Hits Hollywood
from the it-gets-worse-and-worse dept
al writes "Whenever i read about Hollywood these days in combo with software and lawsuit, crap is going to hit the fan. I doubt this is any different." The lawsuit in question is one filed by a softwware maker, Clear Play, against Hollywood. They're already being sued by Hollywood for making software that allows home users to edit scenes out of a movie to remove sex or "bad" language. This suit is a countersuit saying that the Hollywood studios are taking away people's fair use rights by not letting them use this software in the privacy of their own homes. They even point out that Hollywood is being particularly silly, because this software encourages more people to buy the original, unedited versions of their movies.
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