Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal

Some of you may recall the lawsuit brought by several Hollywood directors against companies which edit movies for sex, language, and violence. The companies would trade consumers an off-the-shelf DVD for an edited one. Well, the CBC is reporting that Judge Richard P. Matsch has found that this practice violates US copyright law, and ‘decreed on Thursday in Denver, Colo., that sanitizing movies to delete content that may offend some people is an “illegitimate business.”

I was never one to understand this foolish censoring to begin with, but it’s good to know it’s actually not appropriate. Chances are, if you are watching a movie with such material, you don’t care either way. Else you would not be watching it.