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Show Monday, July 10,2006 Page 6 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE And all the jazz Left: Vocalist Pattl Austin performs "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" from her collection of songs titled, "A Tribute to Ella" at Abravanel Hall on Thursday. Upper-right: Trumpet master Arturo Sandoval shows his musical versatility with a drum solo during a performance at Abravanel Hall on Thursday which marked the opening of the Salt Lake International Jazz Festival. Lower-right: Crowds pile into the jazz festival at Washington Square free of cost Saturday evening. U accounting major Ben Rollins volunteered for the festival; his duties included carrying out tasks such as handing out tickets and programs at each entrance. Court rules against sanitizing movies SALT LAKE CITY—Sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws, and several companies that scrub films must turn over their inventory to Hollywood studios, an appeals judge ruled. Editing movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence is an "illegitimate business" that hurts Hollywood studios and directors who own the movie rights, said U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch in a decision released Thursday in Denver. "Their (studios and directors) objective-is to stop the infringement because of its irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies," the judge wrote. "There is a public interest in providing such protection." Matsch ordered the companies named in the suit, including CleanFlicks, Play It Clean Video and Cleanfilms, • to stop "producing, manufacturing, creating" and renting edited movies. The businesses also must turn over their inventory to the movie studios within five days of the ruling. "We're disappointed," CleanFlicks chief executive Ray Lines said. "This is a typical case of David vs. Goliath, but in this case, Hollywood rewrote the ending. We're going to continue to fight." CleanFlicks produces and distributes sanitized copies of Hollywood films on DVD by burning edited versions of movies onto blank discs. The scrubbed films are sold over the Internet and to video stores. As many as 90 video stores nationwide—about half of them in Utah— purchase movies from CleanFlicks, Lines said. It's unclear how the ruling may effect those stores. The controversy began in 1998 Utah bluegrass festival offers jamming fun Donica Allen Vic Daily Universe Brighant Young University PROVO, Utah—The raw acoustic power and driving rhythms of bluegrass had listeners on their feet this weekend as musicians of all levels jammed late into the night. The 18th annual Founders Title Company Folk and Bluegrass Festival was held at the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort Friday through Sunday and included a number of performances by professional and semi-professional groups, jam sessions and contests. Every evening of the festival, jam sessions began after the last artist performed and ended at midnight. The sessions were a spontaneous mixture of old-time music and performers of all types. Everyone was welcome to participate or listen. Ezra Bussmann, who performs in the Salt Lake City bluegrass band Hammer Down, said the Founders Festival is Utah's main bluegrass and folk festival. It promotes the local groups and brings in national performers, he said. "It is a weekend of bluegrass music and fun," Bussmann said. He described the festival as a mix of folk and old-time music, arts and crafts, vendors and instruments. The festival was also host to the official Utah guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle championships. James Cavan, a BYU senior majoring in music education, said, "You don't get a lot of bluegrass around here; it is just good, clean fun," said Cavan, who performs in 'MAGNETICA' IS A GREAT GAME continued from Page 4 one of the BYU folk music ensembles. True to the bluegrass image, the festival was a laid-back affair and completely run by volunteers, said festival coordinator and KRCL DJ The Old Man. "People let themselves go—they don't care what they look like and1 have a good time," he said. Many people follow the bluegrass festivals around the country, said Mark Jenkins, the lead vocalist and guitarist in Hammer Down. Bluegrass listeners generally enjoy all genres of music and are drawn to the power of acoustic music, he said. "Bluegrass makes you want to get up and dance," Jenkins said. "People need to get out and listen to it, and enjoy it for what it is." U-Wire it us online. www. daily utahchronicle. when the owners of Sunrise Family Video began deleting scenes from "Titanic" that showed a naked Kate Winselt. The scrubbing caused an uproar in Hollywood, resulting in several lawsuits and countersuits. Directors can feel vindicated by the ruling, said Michael Apted, president of the Director's Guild of America. "Audiences can now be assured that the films they buy or rent are the vision of the filmmakers who made them and not the arbitrary choices of a third-party editor," he said. The Associated Press U/7, over graphics, and bless that little Italian plumber's heart, the world is a better place because of it. After a few hours of "Magnetica" you won't care about what it looks like. You may even go about building your own wooden version to use to play with your grandparents. They're going to like this game too. If you're left-handed, you may experience some issues using the stylus, since it is the only way to play the game. Sometimes your hand may take up an important part of the screen that you should be paying attention to. And unfortunately, you have to pay attention to everything if you want to beat this game. "Magnetica" is the type of game you crave to play at all hours of the day. If you get bored with one mode, there are several other singleplayer modes of play, and if you have other DS players in the area, you can square off against them. "Magnetica" comes highly recommended for those of you looking for a social-life substitute. If you find yourself with some downtime, pop out the DS and get hooked on "Magnetica." This way the next time someone approaches you to buy some drugs you can say, "No thanks man. I already have one." U-Wirc SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PROVES TO BE WORTH THE EFFORT continued from Page 5 ales the action, and humor is mostly set aside in favor of catastrophe. When Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar meet, the tension is nearly visible in the air between them, their first words pressing through the barrier and drawing them, hesitantly, into an arrangement for their mutual benefit. Cleopatra's passion is as full and deep over the news of her lover's marriage as it is in her dreamy reverie over his absence. Cleopatra rewards a messenger generously as he weaves for her an impromptu tale of the inferior qualities of Antony's new wife. The only weakness of this production of Shakespeare's greatest adult love story is that it is severely lacking chemistry. The lead actress, Jacqueline Antaramian, is wild and passionate and feels l i k e Cleopatra. Bill Christ's Antony is tall and strong and seems fitting for the character. But somehow their energies don't mix, and they leave the love story pale. Otherwise, this is a beautiful production. l.anderson@ chronicle.utah.edu |