Clean Films
Encyclopedia
Clean Films was a company in the United States that edited the content of DVD
s to remove profanity, nudity, violence, crude language, and other unwanted content. They purchased original copies of DVDs for every edited one they produced. They created a "co-operative rental club" so that others could joint-own the original copies of the DVDs the co-operative purchased.
and Play It Clean Video. In July 2006, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch ruled in favor of the directors and the studios. In his decision the judge stated: Their objective ... is to stop the infringement because of its irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies. There is a public interest in providing such protection. Due to the court ruling CleanFilms is no longer in operation.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s to remove profanity, nudity, violence, crude language, and other unwanted content. They purchased original copies of DVDs for every edited one they produced. They created a "co-operative rental club" so that others could joint-own the original copies of the DVDs the co-operative purchased.
Lawsuit
Editing videos in this way was controversial. CleanFilms was named in a lawsuit along with two other companies CleanFlicksCleanFlicks
CleanFlicks is a Utah-based business which produced edited versions of films to remove content that they considered inappropriate for children or that viewers might otherwise find offensive. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were its predominant market...
and Play It Clean Video. In July 2006, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch ruled in favor of the directors and the studios. In his decision the judge stated: Their objective ... is to stop the infringement because of its irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies. There is a public interest in providing such protection. Due to the court ruling CleanFilms is no longer in operation.