Hollywood’s MPAA stomps FanEdit.org
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That’s a post on FanEdit.org, going on »»»
3 days ago the MPAA has filed a DMCA warning against our download links. The result: 2 days of downtime, in which we removed all download links and all reference to them, making Fanedit.org just a showcase for fanedits without any possibility for the visitor to download.
Our torrents page: Gone. Our Rapidshare lists: gone. And it`s the same on the forum.
Yes, this is a heavy and painful blow by the movie industry against a free art form, against creativity without commercial interest, against sharing between people, who all own the original versions. It seems you own your own DVDs a lot less than you thought you did.
BUT: We will prevail. Even without the links we will continue to inform you about new releases, because one thing is for sure: FANEDITS ARE NOT DEAD. It is just a bit more difficult to get a hold of them. But the internet is a vast place and he who searches will find it somewhere else.
A fan edit is a version of a film modified by a viewer, that removes, reorders, or adds material in order to create a new interpretation of the film, explains the Wikipedia going on »»»
This includes the removal of scenes or dialogue, replacement of audio and/or visual elements, and adding material from sources such as deleted scenes or even other films. The trend became popular after an individual calling himself the “Phantom Editor” (later revealed as professional editor Mike J. Nichols) removed elements from George Lucas’ Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace that he felt detracted from the film, and made minor changes in languages and subtitles to give the film’s villains a more menacing tone. The end result became known as The Phantom Edit, which achieved fame through distribution on VHS, DVD, and other media.
While fan editors originally focused on the Star Wars prequels, the trend spread to the original trilogy after their release on DVD, both because of higher quality source material, and due to further changes by Lucas to the films in 1997 and 2004. Many of the fan edits aimed to preserve the pre-”Special Edition” films or to correct perceived story flaws. Recently, fan editors have begun editing non-Star Wars films in the same fashion, such as the Matrix series, Pearl Harbor, Dune, Superman II, and others. In addition to re-editing films, some fan edits feature basic corrections, such as colors or framing, that maintain or restore consistency within the film.
Before fanedit.org coined the term “fan edit”, many “alternate versions” of films edited by other fans or professional editors where simply known as a “Cut”. In the late 1970’s many alternate “cuts” of films were released in the U.S. European films deemed unsuitable for American audiences under went further alterations, score changes and re-titlings. It is believed by some that these are the first true “fan edits”.
The MPAA is short for Motionless Picture Association of America, the organisation owned by the unbelievably wealthy Hollywood Borg, Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney.
It’s run by Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman (top right), the ex-US politician hired to try to convince anyone who’ll listen that sites such as FanEdit are, “devastating” the Hollywood studios, which nonetheless somehow continue to report absolutely mind-boggling revenues.
Once known as “one of the funniest men in Congress,”according to the Hollywood Reporter, “I don’t know how funny I am,” he’s quoted as saying, but, “I think I`m funny.”
As FanEdit says, “It seems you own your own DVDs a lot less than you thought you did.”
No kidding.
Stay tuned.
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November 26th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
“European films deemed unsuitable for American audiences”
What does it say about American audiences?
November 28th, 2008 at 6:17 am
wow , i edit everyday and pass it on to friends world wide .. too bad for media freaks
just wait till past 2012, you’ll be able to edit in real time, what will they do then?
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
If Hollywood didn’t ruin movies so bad, especially sequels, there wouldn’t be a need for fanedits. I was really pissed when Hollywood destroyed Blade 3, but the fan edit version made it worth the watch. Hollywood… MAKE BETTER MOVIES and quit being such money grubbing bast**ds.