[Strategerist]

Lets say that I buy a book and it has steamy sex and language and I black it out. Later, I sell it in a yard sale. Am I causing injury to artistic expression of the copyrighted materials?

Not a comparable example. A better example would be you purchasing 1,000 copies of a book, digitizing it, then editing out the naughty parts, destroying the original books, and then printing and selling or renting the 1,000 copies of your new version of the book, all without consulting the author or publisher.

Seems a pretty blatant violation of copyright there.

[albyjimc2]

You beat me I answering, but I stated the exact same thing. the scenarios are just not comparable.

[DJ MacWoW]

Not a comparable example. A better example would be you purchasing 1,000 copies of a book, digitizing it, then editing out the naughty parts, destroying the original books, and then printing and selling or renting the 1,000 copies of your new version of the book, all without consulting the author or publisher.

Sounds good to me. ;)

Actually, if Hollyweird did this themselves, more of us might buy their trash.

[Binghamton_native]

CleanFilms maintains in their inventory one copy of each un-edited film for each copy of the edited film. Certainly must not be a money issue for the studios. In fact, I think a case could be made that they sell more copies because of this arrangement.