Barbie
01-27-2004, 03:10 PM
Who would have thought that about Home Alone 3? (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/24/blockbuster.porn.ap/index.html/)
Blockbuster sued for porn on PG movie
Sunday, January 25, 2004 Posted: 0047 GMT ( 8:47 AM HKT)
WOODBURY, New Jersey (AP) -- A couple who says their 4-year-old daughter saw hard-core pornography on a PG-rated movie tape from Blockbuster has sued the video company.
The plaintiffs, who were not identified, said the footage appeared on a "Home Alone 3" tape rented April 7 from a Glassboro store.
The pornographic material allegedly appeared for 10 minutes after the movie credits for the 1997 film.
According to the lawsuit field in Superior Court, Blockbuster "had a responsibility and a duty to inspect, monitor and ensure the quality and propriety of all video products purchased by its customers."
Randy Hargrove, a spokesman for Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc., said Friday that the company does not carry X- or NC-17-rated movies, and depends on renters to return a tape "in the same condition it was given to them."
"Unfortunately there are those rare instances when someone will abuse that privilege and damage one of our tapes," he said.
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My question, is why would any parent in the right mind let their child watch Home Alone 3? I mean, come on...the first is a classic but it becomes rather unrealistic after that. /sarcasm.
Blockbuster sued for porn on PG movie
Sunday, January 25, 2004 Posted: 0047 GMT ( 8:47 AM HKT)
WOODBURY, New Jersey (AP) -- A couple who says their 4-year-old daughter saw hard-core pornography on a PG-rated movie tape from Blockbuster has sued the video company.
The plaintiffs, who were not identified, said the footage appeared on a "Home Alone 3" tape rented April 7 from a Glassboro store.
The pornographic material allegedly appeared for 10 minutes after the movie credits for the 1997 film.
According to the lawsuit field in Superior Court, Blockbuster "had a responsibility and a duty to inspect, monitor and ensure the quality and propriety of all video products purchased by its customers."
Randy Hargrove, a spokesman for Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc., said Friday that the company does not carry X- or NC-17-rated movies, and depends on renters to return a tape "in the same condition it was given to them."
"Unfortunately there are those rare instances when someone will abuse that privilege and damage one of our tapes," he said.
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My question, is why would any parent in the right mind let their child watch Home Alone 3? I mean, come on...the first is a classic but it becomes rather unrealistic after that. /sarcasm.