Taking to heart the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed mantra, the U.S. Senate has for the third time passed a measure that would send people who use camcorders in movie theaters to prison for up to three years. It also voted to increase penalties for those who distribute copyrighted material on the Internet. In addition, the Senate measure shields from copyright-infringement lawsuits companies that delete scenes depicting violence and sex from movies in order to make them "family friendly."
It's that last part that pisses me off. Why is it necessary to make a movie "family friendly?" You want family friendly movies, rent Little House on the Prairie or something else G-rated. Don't take an R-rated movie and cut it into pieces, ruining the original content and context because someone wants to watch Saving Private Ryan but doesn't like obscenities. Maybe this movie just isn't "for them" and maybe they should accept the fact that not everything should be made to satisfy their idea of standards.
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