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Court Rules Utah Companies Not Allowed To ‘Sanitize' Movies For DVD Rentals...

Court Rules Utah Companies Not Allowed To ‘Sanitize' Movies For DVD Rentals...
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It's the kind of ending Hollywood craves.

After a bitter three-year legal battle involving Utah companies that sanitize movies on DVD and VHS tape, a federal judge in Denver ruled Thursday that such editing violates U.S. copyright laws and must be stopped.

In a ruling in the case involving CleanFlicks vs. 16 of Hollywood's hottest directors, U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch found that making copies of movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence hurts studios and directors who own the movie rights.

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