What happened with Sony's clean versions of their films

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>Sony's attempt to appeal to the clean / upright brigade by releasing 'clean' versions of their films has backfired.

>The initiative, which would see a number of films re-released but with more editing and sanitising involved, came in for sharp and heavy criticism from directors and writers, such as Judd Apatow calling it "absolute bullshit" in a Twitter rant.

>The Directors Guild of America said, "Taking a director’s edit for one platform, and then releasing it on another — without giving the director the opportunity to edit — violates our Agreement. Throughout the years, the DGA has achieved hard-fought creative rights gains protecting our members from such practices. As creators of their films, directors often dedicate years of hard work to realize their full vision, and they rightfully have a vested interest in protecting that work. We are committed to vigorously defending against the unauthorized alteration of films."

>Sony appears to be rolling back. In a statement, Sony explained only directors who approve of the edited version will have their films re-released. The only thing they were doing was making the airline / TV version of films available when people purchased a film on iTunes, Vudu or FandangoNOW.

>However Sony's rolled over. "Our directors are of paramount importance to us and we want to respect those relationships to the utmost. We believed we had obtained approvals from the filmmakers involved for use of their previously supervised television versions as a value added extra on sales of the full version. But if any of them are unhappy or have reconsidered, we will discontinue it for their films."

JUST FUCK MY COMPANY UP