[Defiant]

So if these companies only sold versions of movies that have already been on network TV or on airlines with "approved" cuts then it would be OK?

If by "these companies" you mean the ones who sell sanitized versions, the answer is "no". Not without permission of the owner of the copyright. If the owner chose to sell a "TV" version of the DVD, then people could buy it. Third parties can't sell it for you without permission. Nor could they copy it off TV and then sell it, sanitized or unsanitized.

[FreedomCalls]

If by "these companies" you mean the ones who sell sanitized versions, the answer is "no". Not without permission of the owner of the copyright. If the owner chose to sell a "TV" version of the DVD, then people could buy it. Third parties can't sell it for you without permission. Nor could they copy it off TV and then sell it, sanitized or unsanitized.

You are missing the argument completely and also missing the fact that for every altered version sold there is an unaltered version purchased. No one is suggesting that someone tape a movie off of TV and sell it.

The point is that the unaltered version is purchased and is owned by the end-user who also gets a version made with the edit service he/she requested performed by these companies.

Can I not alter something after I have purchased it?