This is an itchy case. This trully is the new Betamax case, more so that Napster or my.mp3.com (ok, maybe not more than my.mp3.com). But anyways, if find it really pushes the envelope of frivolious whining.
LawMeme’s Ernest Miller just wrote a piece about it in the LA Times. Here’s LawMeme’s coverage.
What is it about you’ll ask? Basically someone wants to provide a way to modify the palyback of a DVD. Skip or rearrange scenes, add comments, voice over, etc. to a movie you otherwise own. And the movie people say no way.
The only legal issue I would see would be the moral rights of the author. If such a thing ever really existed. If I decide to fast forward over the boring parts of a movie or listen to the radio while watching it, it’s my business. What are the producers afraid of? That I’ll miss a product placement?