Misrepresentations by the media of Daniel Dean Thompson involvement with CleanFlicks, LLC.

  • Dec. 4, 07 11:30 KUTV

    "In April, Thompson, a former Clean Flicks franchisee, opened Flix Club because he believed it was allowed if edited videos were used for educational use."

  • Dec. 4, 07 KSL, AP & Salt Lake Tribune

    "His Flix Club was one of several companies that sprang up after a federal court ruled that now-closed Clean Flicks, one of the earlier edited-film companies, was violating federal copyright laws."

    "In April, Thompson, a former Clean Flicks franchiseeopened Flix Club because he believed it was allowed if edited videos were used for educational use."

  • Dec. 5, 07 10:09 ABC4

    "The courts shut down Clean-Flix last year after ruling that the editing of the original films violated federal copyright law. But Thompson and a handful of other small distributors continued to operate under a loophole in the law that allowed editing for educational purposes."

  • Jan. 25, 08 21:00 WTOL-TV (Toledo, Ohio)

    "The decision was against a Utah company called Clean Flicks. Thompson, who was a franchise operator for Clean Flicks, opened Flix Club last year. . . ."

  • Jan. 25, 08 23:15 ABC4

    Headline:"Former 'Clean Flix' owner arrested for buying sex acts from teen girls". "Thompson was the owner of "Clean Flix", the company that edited R-rated movies and was recently closed down by Hollywood lawyers."

  • Jan. 25, 08 CBS News

    "Thompson, who was a franchise operator for Clean Flicks, opened Flix Club last year, similarly trading in edited videos but claiming that such editing was for 'educational use.'"

  • Jan. 25, 08 KSL

    "The man used to own four Clean Flicks franchises and now owns another edited-movie store, where police found a large stash of pornographic videos."

  • Jan. 26, 08 7:32 Todd C. Noker (Amazon)

    "Thompson also at one time ran a successful Clean Flicks store in Orem, according to news reports."

  • Jan. 26, 08 13:02 Salt Lake Tribune

    "His Flix Club was one of several companies that sprang up after a federal court ruled that now-closed Clean Flicks, one of the earlier edited-film companies, was violating federal copyright laws." "But in April, Thompson, a former Clean Flicks franchisee, opened Flix Club under what he thought was a loophole: educational use."

  • Jan. 26, 08 13:02 Salt Lake Tribune

    "Thompson formerly operated Clean Flix - a business in Orem that edited feature films to remove or alter conduct deemed inappropriate for children or discriminating movie-goers. The store closed in December after threats of legal action from Hollywood studios."

  • Jan. 26, 08 Deseret News

    "Thompson had just recently shut down his store because he was facing intense legal pressure from Hollywood. A judge had ruled in July 2006 that edited movies violated copyright laws."

  • Jan. 26, 08 Daily Herald

    "Thompson, a former dealer of edited movies with CleanFlicks, started Flix Club at the same address after the dealership was terminated at a time when the Hollywood movie industry was bringing legal pressure on businesses that edited movies." "For Troy Slade, owner of modest-clothing retailer Mod Bod in Orem and Pleasant Grove, the news was startling. Thompson managed the Mod Bod store at 910 S. State St. in Orem. He was fired last year, Slade said. 'We hired him to manage our store because he had a successful business running CleanFlicks at that time,' he said. 'He was always talking about fighting Hollywood for the good of the children,' Slade said. Thompson also was founder and former member of Truth in Politics, a group started in 2006 purportedly to expose the people behind anonymous political attacks. The idea for the group was conceived at Thompson's former CleanFlicks dealership in Orem."

  • Jan. 30, 08 9:57 USA Today Blogs

    "Clean Flicks, dirty man? Remember Clean Flicks, the Utah-based outfit that purported to scour DVDs of any material not dubbed 'family friendly?' It closed down recently after the courts ruled that such censorship violated the copyrights of the studios and directors who made the films. Turns out that the 'family friendly' outfit was a front for porno-movie shoots, and that founder Daniel Thompson has been arrested for soliciting sex from -- oh, lovely -- 14-year-old girls. He even allegedly asked the young ladies to be in one of his movies. (They refused.) Thompson, who was famously championed by various conservative politicians for his 'editing service,' appears to have changed his thinking since a July 2006 interview. . . . On the other hand, this Thompson person does seem to change his spots pretty frequently -- . . . , he closed down his Clean Flicks service in December with one last round of copyright violation that made the Salt Lake Tribune, and his MySpace page. . . ."

  • Jan. 30, 08 13:26 blog.ChristianityToday.com

    Headline: "CleanFlicks Founder Arrested" Sub-headline: "Charged with forcible sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl, Daniel Thompson was known for editing videos to make them more family friendly." "The co-founder of CleanFlicks, a video editing service once used by many Christians, has been arrested in Utah for allegedly paying a 14-year-old girl for sex. Daniel Thompson, who ran CleanFlicks till the courts shut it down in 2006, had more recently operated Flix Club, a family-friendly edited-movie video business in Orem, Utah."