'Family friendly' editors clean up Hollywood fare

[KiwiCoromandel]

"Family friendly" editing services sanitize movies of sex, violence and other material that may offend. That, it turns out, offends plenty of people.

So far, the business of cleaning up movies has sparked a round of skirmishing in the culture wars and launched a patent brawl in the technology industry as well.

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[DudeAsInCool]

If someone has some home equipment, then I have no problem with them fiddling with the end product. However, there not be a product like this on the market that screws with a creator's vision - it's just wrong. It's more a hack job than a sanitizing job. There is a Code system in place already - adults should learn to read and make judgments that way rather than letting a machine hack up someone's work

[slum_goddess]

what Dude said as well as adults should learn to change the fucking channel or not rent/buy whatever shit they find offensive.