The Right to Skip, Mute and Delete

Huntsman v. Soderbergh is an interesting court case happening right now that involves “consumer use of software and hardware to skip scenes of sex and violence and to mute profanity on DVDs of films they have purchased.” (via EFFector)

I’m with the EFF on this. If I own a DVD, I have the right to do anything I want with it in the privacy of my own home. I can rightfully skip all scenes with profanity, sex or Kevin Costner. The same goes for books, music, television and the Web. I can take a marker and cross out certain words in my books, listen to my music at two times the normal speed, automatically mute all television commercials, or filter out all images from web pages.

It’s your media. Tear it up if you choose.