[opendtv] MGM offers refunds in settlement over 'widescreen' DVDs
- From: "Cliff Benham" <cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:10:02 -0500
At MGM, someone took Full-Screen movies that were already chopped down =
from 1.85:1 (or wider) films,=20
chopped more off the top and bottom, added black bars and called it a =
'Widescreen' version.=20
The movie purists sued MGM and they settled out of court:=20
http://videoeta.com/news/1834
Details of the settlement:
http://www.mgmdvdsettlement.com/
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