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| Thread ID: 60125 | 2005-07-23 08:40:00 | Editing a Commercial DVD movie | John W (523) | Press F1 |
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| 374594 | 2005-07-23 08:40:00 | I’ve a commercial DVD of Phantom of the Opera, and Id like to edit out parts I’m not that interested in. So, can anyone recommend a Program that’s capable of doing this. Something like Cool Edit Pro would be ideal, but it only works on Audio. Thanks |
John W (523) | ||
| 374595 | 2005-07-23 08:44:00 | Is it legal to do so though ... ? | techie (7177) | ||
| 374596 | 2005-07-23 08:49:00 | I'm wondering about the legalities as well | Edward (31) | ||
| 374597 | 2005-07-23 08:54:00 | would creating a mix tape (or cd) of your fav tracks, and owning the original albums be legal? Much the same, perhaps? I dunno though dvdshrink would allow you to re-author it and get rid of chapters i guess, but that's about all im going to say just in case it is illegal :P |
kwyjibo (7195) | ||
| 374598 | 2005-07-23 11:27:00 | If the DVD is copy protected you may have trouble right from the start. There are programs like Adobe Premiere Elements or similar video editing products around. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 374599 | 2005-07-23 11:58:00 | If the DVD is copy protected you may have trouble right from the start. There are programs like Adobe Premiere Elements or similar video editing products around. there are ways past this but lets not go there. im not 100% sure on the legal status of this but i think you cant do this. isnt it in the USA you can make a legal back up of your dvd? or am i way off? |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 374600 | 2005-07-23 19:04:00 | We are allowed to back-up one time . As to the editing, it is still out for opinions . Some say that once you buy/own a legal copy, it is yours to use as you see fit up to a point . You may reauthor the original into any order of events; you can change the colors, add or delete music etc, but you are required to keep the origination author/credits intact . By that I mean you are not allowed to change Walt Disney's name for your own as you are not the originator of the work, just a person reauthoring the original . You cannot take any credits for the creative content . Others say that ANY changes of format, sounds or reauthoring the original is a violation of the artist's intent and therefor an illegal activity . I personally take out the French, Czechoslovakian, Chinese and Japanese dialogs, and usually any previews and trailors and such that are just clutter to me . Sometimes I also remove the alternate camera angles too . I use DVD Shrink for the reauthoring work, and it has deeper allowances for excising scenes and dialog too . . . . but I personally don't go that far . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 374601 | 2005-07-23 20:39:00 | In New Zealand, the current law states that you may not copy (backup) or modify a commercial DVD movie . Bruce has made this point very clear in the past when the legalities of doing this was raised . You may read his comments here ( . pcworld . co . nz/showpost . php?p=242967&postcount=9" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) The question you asked John W about editing and reauthoring a commercial DVD movie is illegal and is not to asked nor answered on this forum . |
Jen (38) | ||
| 374602 | 2005-07-23 20:43:00 | Jen: I will abide by your statement and adhere by your NZ standards on this site. TY from the US. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 374603 | 2005-07-23 21:04:00 | We are allowed to back-up one time . As to the editing, it is still out for opinions . Some say that once you buy/own a legal copy, it is yours to use as you see fit up to a point . You may reauthor the original into any order of events; you can change the colors, add or delete music etc, but you are required to keep the origination author/credits intact . By that I mean you are not allowed to change Walt Disney's name for your own as you are not the originator of the work, just a person reauthoring the original . You cannot take any credits for the creative content . Others say that ANY changes of format, sounds or reauthoring the original is a violation of the artist's intent and therefor an illegal activity . I personally take out the French, Czechoslovakian, Chinese and Japanese dialogs, and usually any previews and trailors and such that are just clutter to me . Sometimes I also remove the alternate camera angles too . I use DVD Shrink for the reauthoring work, and it has deeper allowances for excising scenes and dialog too . . . . but I personally don't go that far . I thought In the US you could do all that as long as yoou didn't break any encryption or other copyright features on the disc |
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