Clean Edited Movies

ClearPlay, the only edited movie service specifically shielded by the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005, was recently recognized by Top Ten Reviews for having the highest rated product in the movie and TV filtering category.

“ClearPlay is an excellent movie filtering product and service,” noted Top Ten Reviews. And after evaluating usability, the review noted that “the ClearPlay DVD Player is easy to set up and downloading movie filters from the ClearPlay website is a breeze.”

“It’s always gratifying to be recognized,” said Lee Jarman, ClearPlay CFO. “Top Ten Reviews is highly respected for the comprehensive nature of their evaluations and the integrity of their approach. We greatly appreciate receiving their best of class Gold Award.”

It’s same story, different verse for edited movie companies who rent NetFlix style. FamilySafe has ended its rental business, liquidating its remaining inventory. All edited movies available for sale are $20 or less, so its a great time to grab a few good copies before its too late!

Sadly, this marks the end of services providing edited movies for rent. Within a year, we saw the closure of CleanFilms, CleanFlicks, Flick’s Club, and FamilySafe. Family Edited DVDs continues to offer movies for sale, but users can no longer rent edited titles.

Yes, unfortunately the suit decided by Judge Matsch in Colorado resulted in many losers and no winners. As Hollywood’s revenues continue to track downwards, its unfortunate Hollywood did not embrace edited movies in effort to maintain relationships and revenue.

GoodMoviesOnline.com has jumped into the fray of edited content recently. While I am in the process of completing a full write-up and edit review, I thought I should briefly describe the services of GMO.

GMO does not rent movies, period. It sells full length retail copies, and provides its buyers with free copies of the movie which are edited for content. I am not a lawyer, but I do not believe that GMO satisfies the qualms of District Judge Matsch from last July’s ruling against Cleanflicks, et al.

What say you? Is GMO a new company that can succeed with this model, or the same old song and dance that is destined to be shut down?

Beginning this month, ClearPlay DVD players and subscriptions will be offered in Target stores across the country, and from the retailer’s website. ClearPlay hopes that in the coming months, additional agreements can be made with other big-name retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart. This marks a major step forward for ClearPlay, and should continue to raise awareness to consumers that they have a choice when it comes to movie content.

“Consumers have responded very enthusiastically to the ClearPlay product. It makes movies a better experience for many families that are concerned about offensive content in their homes,” said ClearPlay CEO Bill Aho.

The CP-007 ClearPlay DVD Player uses a USB FilterStik to transfer movie filters from a PC or laptop to the unit. This eliminates the need for a telephone line, and should make it easier for users to quickly load new filters. ClearPlay currently offers filters for over 2,200 movies, and adds new filters each week.