CleanFlicks Dead - Sued for Copyright Infringement

Yea they would lose control over the filth that comes out of holywood.

 

Nice to see Christianity Today defend Mormon owned companys :tear:

Here is all that happened. You can not change somebodys film, because of copyright violations. The director put his name on something and then somebody changes it and still clams it is the directors movie. I understand why this is a problem.

It would be like taking a book adding a few chapters of your own removing a few by the author and then selling the book. The author would have a fit because that is no longer his book and you are selling it as such.

So all this company is now doing is selling that video tape unedited. And after he tape is purchased then they edit it. They can do this because a coustomer can do anything they want to their own property after the purchase.

 

This is not about copyright or about creative license - it is about how and when filth can be sold for a huge profit . . .

 

So seeing nudity is okay for married people?

Isn't the biggest problem that Christians are looking to Hollywood for entertainment? Why do we think that cutting a few scenes and bleeping a few words will change the worldview that is being taught in these movies?

 

Lets think about this.

Say you make nice clean family movies. You put your name on the movie and sell it as a product you directed.

Now I start a company called Dirty Flicks. In my opinion your movies need some porn sceens added. I add the sceens leave your name on the box and sell the film. Any problem with that?

How about if you make Christian movies with a salvation message and Clean Flicks edits out you salvation message and adds a Mormon message. Any problem with that?

The second one is not that imposable, Remember Clean Flicks is an LDS company.

 

But like I said the solution was simple. They sell the tape first, THEN edit the movie. No problem.

There are several Clean Flicks around town still runing here.

 

It doesn't matter if the director was miffed or not. The distribution company holds the rights, all of them, to the film. He knew that coming in to the project. Secondly, CleanFlicks should have been shut down for what they were doing, (although I have no problem with selling family friendly movies). Copyright infringement is copyright infringement. You cannot take someones else's work, re-tool it, and then sell it for your own profit. I would be livid if someone were to take my film, and change it, even if it was ever so slightly, and then re-sell it for a profit. We worked hard, very hard, to set the tone, and protect the message and integrity of our film, NNE has the right to change that, no matter how much they may disagree with it.

 

Why wouldn't we use the Bible? After all, it is God inspired and therefore guaranteed to be appropriate. Do we really need the movies to accomplish this? Is God's word insufficient? How did Christians survive and propogate all these years without movies to give us "modern day parables to teach spiritual truth"?

I am not against movies per se. But surely you can see the flaw in your argumentation.

Of course, to the larger point, this complaint rings hollow since it is already done all the time. Virtually every movie that ends up on TV has been "edited for length and content." If the complaint is about editing, it is an inconsistent complaint. If it is about editorial control, that is a different matter. These producers/companies have already agreed to have their films edited to be on network or cable TV.

 

The people who own the movie agree to the editing and what can be edited. They obviously do not agree to let clean flicks edit their movie.

Clean Flicks is taking libertys with movies that they dont have the right to take or permision from those who do have the right.

 

Would you approve of Clean Flicks of removing the violent scenes from "The Passion of the Christ"?

To me that would be watering down Christs Suffering for us.

 

Add or subtract you change the movie that a director made and still sell the film with his name on it.

So if you made a movie with a message of salvation and I took your movie and removed (subtracted) all the doctrin that I disagre with. And I sold this move with your name on it. You would be fine?

What if I took a speech you wrote and edited out all the things I disagre with. Changing your message, and leaving things out of context. Then put it out there as your speach.


Even if the subtraction changed the message you were trying to get out.

The fact that they are an LDS company is relivante to the points I made because I can see them doing this. However I would still disagre if it were a Baptist company doing it. So ok.

 

Wow ACADEMIC, you have had a hard life. I just quoted your post from above. I only subtracted words so it is ok, right.

:thumbsup:

 

Some can't get beyond the issue of LDS. They have been preprogrammed as a child to reject anything that is associated with LDS. It was then systematically conditioned into them during the course of their childhood. No matter how hard you try, some people can never get past their ingrained predjudices and hatreds. For some the only way to overcome this pre-programming and conditioning is by their own death. Objectivity is not an option for them.

 

If you don't like the movie, you can not see it, or buy it and change it yourself. Keep in mind, though, that by buying it, you are creating a market for the kind of films you don't want to see being produced.

 

Is that right. I dont think I fit into your catigory IM. As I was LDS until the age of 19 when I was saved. Almost all of me family and friends (who I love dearly) are LDS. Look at my location.

Maybe you dont know what they teach but rejection of LDS doctrin is not a bad thing. I wish more parents would teach their children to reject cults.

 

To late. They did that already.

http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2005/11/mel_gibson_suin.html