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Tv Edit Tripe

A quick internet search to see if there's an "Edited for TV" version of Back to the Future available to show Everett anywhere, and...nope. There's legit versions everywhere, bootleg versions everywhere, but evidently no one would rather hear Marty McFly say "Jeez Louise" instead of something profane. Actually, there ARE tons of us out here, but copyright laws have been interpreted in court decisions that make it darn near impossible to get one. You can own the movie and edit it yourself. You can't own the movie and pay someone else to edit it. You can buy software that edits language out on the fly. You can't buy software that permanently creates an edited copy for you to enjoy and re-use at your leisure. It's nuts! But the thing I hate worst about it is the sanctimonious tripe about the Director's artistic purity that they claim is the reason for such idiotic legal "protections". And this is coming from an art CRITIC (me), who sho...