"hence why companies like VidAngel are constantly mired in legal issues despite widespread popularity with consumers"
Widespread popularity with an incredibly small number of consumers who are generally very religiously oriented. And as seems to be common in the highly-religious groups, VidAngel commits copyright and trademark violations with the justification of "it's for families!" Just like a thousand religious summer camps who make "Reese's Jesus" shirts and shirts with "Jesus Christ" written like the Coca Cola logo because "it's for Jesus!"
The vast majority of people don't feel the need to censor the content they watch because they either understand what's in the content, or simply avoid tainted content altogether. If you're censoring things like ASoIaF, then maybe ASoIaF isn't for you, considering how important incest is to the plot.
> The vast majority of people don't feel the need to censor the content they watch because they either understand what's in the content, or simply avoid tainted content altogether
Right, but said people number in the millions, and would consume said content if only there were a way to selectively censor what they find objectionable.
> If you're censoring things like ASoIaF, then maybe ASoIaF isn't for you, considering how important incest is to the plot.
Speaking from experience, me and my family/friends agree that ASoIaF is a fantastic series, even when completely censored to remove all instances of explicit violence, sex, and profanity.
The only thing you really lose is explicit detail when it comes to specific sex scenes or violent acts - and that constitutes less than 1% of the total prose. Everything else (intrigue, politics, etc. - the 99%) is still there.
>Right, but said people number in the millions, and would consume said content if only there were a way to selectively censor what they find objectionable.
Perhaps I'm not understanding, but if you're whiting it out, you're reading it anyway, right? So, what's the benefit?
If you get to a sex scene, can you just skip it or something?
Have you ever used VidAngel? Basically it gives you a tree of content you can selectively filter before you even watch the show. You can say "filter all sex", or you can drill down into the tree and only filter "naked women" or "naked men" or even drill down and filter a specific scene if you know about it.
When you hit the timestamp of a filter, it just skips over the scene.
Books would be the same, but with the added advantage that you can easily alter the text to make it feel more natural. So instead of an explicit sex scene, you can end the chapter with a new transition where the characters enter the bedroom and close the door and it is simply implied what they did in between chapters.
Widespread popularity with an incredibly small number of consumers who are generally very religiously oriented. And as seems to be common in the highly-religious groups, VidAngel commits copyright and trademark violations with the justification of "it's for families!" Just like a thousand religious summer camps who make "Reese's Jesus" shirts and shirts with "Jesus Christ" written like the Coca Cola logo because "it's for Jesus!"
The vast majority of people don't feel the need to censor the content they watch because they either understand what's in the content, or simply avoid tainted content altogether. If you're censoring things like ASoIaF, then maybe ASoIaF isn't for you, considering how important incest is to the plot.