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Comment Greedo shot first. Lucas becomes god. (Score 1) 1329

It is now illegal to re-sell your original versions of Star Wars: A New Hope. I'm attempting to approach this entirely from the currently accepted U.S. legal standard: That consumers have no rights. But the central issue seems to be the fact that the modified version is created in hard-copy without permission. The core product is a convenient viewing list that suggests which content more selective customers may prefer to avoid. (Not illegal.) But the aspect that is apparently now illegal is that they created a modified hard copy of a conceptual work. But hard copies will soon be unnecessary - and what will the courts say then? Is it illegal for to sell an XML list publishing which scenes could be seen as offensive? Per the article, software to handle this already exists and is protected by law. But, in principle, it's the same thing - defacing the original copyright holder's work, and causing 'confusion'. And what about printed works? How do we ensure that consumers don't skip pages?

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