RE: [dvd-discuss] DVD Editing

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

It would certainly be harder to edit in material 
that is not on the DVD than it would be to create
an alternate playlist ignoring material that actaully
is there.

The only thing I can think of that might fall into
this category is the DVDs that come with "deleted
scenes".  As long as those are on the same DVD as
the movie itself (instead of on a second, "bonus
material" DVD) then you could create a playlist that
re-inserted those scenes into the movie.

Beyond that, there isn't much you could do w/o 
actually burning NEW DVDs w/ your material-to-be-included
and that would clearly be a violation of copyright since 
you would have to burn the base movie on it as well.

I _suppose_ you could come up w/ work-arounds such
as storing your material on a second disc and creating
a special movie player that worked with a playlist that
read from two DVD/CD drives ... if that approach was taken I 
do not see that they could get you for violating anything
since the original DVD would be a) required; and b) unaltered.


-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Stratton [mailto:cpt@gryphon.auspice.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:30 AM
> To: 'dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu'
> Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] DVD Editing
> 
> 
> Fair enough. Nevertheless, an interesting issue that I don't 
> recall we'd 
> been looking at.
> 
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Richard Hartman wrote:
> 
> > Um ... guys?   
> > 
> > This was in the _satire_ section ?
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > -Richard M. Hartman
> > hartman@onetouch.com
> > 
> > 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: microlenz@earthlink.net [mailto:microlenz@earthlink.net]
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 3:29 PM
> > > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] DVD Editing
> > > 
> > > 
> > > SOmehow I can't get to enthusiastic about it....the works are 
> > > not in the public 
> > > domain so they are still copyrighted. While Humphrey Bogart 
> > > is dead, the actors 
> > > and actresses in SpiderMan, as well as Cliff Robertson are 
> > > not and they did not 
> > > perform sexual intercourse before a camera. In California, I 
> > > believe it is 
> > > deformation of character to state that someone has in 
> > > infectious disease or is 
> > > unchaste (..blast it I couldn't find my copy of the 
> > > California code...Jim T. is 
> > > this so?). A digital morph of someone having sex, where they 
> > > did not, would 
> > > constitute deformation of character I think....and far worse 
> > > than mere spoken 
> > > or written language. In fact, in California punitive damages 
> > > are awarded for 
> > > fraud, oppression or malice. A digital morph would be fraud 
> > > apriori and the 
> > > only question would be if it was done with malice..certainly 
> > > it would be done 
> > > with extreme recklessness
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 21 Sep 2002 at 10:17, Joshua Stratton wrote:
> > > 
> > > Date sent:      	Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:17:14 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From:           	Joshua Stratton <cpt@gryphon.auspice.net>
> > > To:             	dvd-discuss <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> > > Subject:        	[dvd-discuss] DVD Editing
> > > Send reply to:  	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > 
> > > > Sorry if this has shown up before -- my mail's been going 
> > > up and down 
> > > > lately.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway, we all recall the practice of editing DVDs to 
> > > remove objectionable
> > > > content being mentioned here before.
> > > > 
> > > > So it's kind of sad that we diddn't anticipate editing 
> DVDs to add
> > > > objectionable content. Assuming that these guys follow 
> > > through, it might 
> > > > actually hold up as a parody. Maybe.
> > > > 
> > > > There's more on this here: 
> > > > http://salon.com/people/satire/2002/09/20/filthy/index.html
> > > > 
> > > > Who could possibly turn down this example:
> > > > > In 'Casablanca,' sure, he can leave her on the tarmac. 
> > > But if you want, 
> > > > > you can follow them both onto the plane and watch them 
> > > rock that sucker 
> > > > > till the tires blow."
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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