Hollywood Upset At Newspapers For Daring To Give Away DVDs It Licensed Them To Give Away
from the oh,-boo-hoo dept
Comboman writes "Hollywood claiming 'lost revenue' from declining DVD sales is nothing new, but this time the alleged culprit is not piracy but UK newspapers and magazines that give away free DVDs with certain issues. Nevermind the fact that the publications legally paid for the UK distribution rights to these films that were near the end of their profit cycle anyway. Once again, instead of embracing an alternative distribution method, Hollywood only sees it as "devaluing the format in the eyes of consumers". Heaven forbid they would be forced to sell DVDs at fair price." Yes, that's right. The movie studios licensed the newspapers to give away the DVDs. They got paid for it. Now they're complaining that in giving away these DVDs, the newspapers are "devaluing" DVDs. And you wonder how the industry has stayed in business this long.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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New copyright legislation preventing the you from transfering your license to the content of the DVD without written permisison and authorization from the copyright holder!
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Amazing
BTW Monarch, You're not licensed to use the word "First". ;)
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We still think you're a moron.
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Back to topic: If the industry wanted those DVDs sold for a fair price, they should have written the contract with some limitations in it. If that isn't legal to do for some reason, the best way to save face is to keep the lower half of it shut.
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Nevermind. I think the name says it all.
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WTF?
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i am embarresed...
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It's sick...
It's enough to make you sick if you really sit and think about that.
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What was the topic
Look the MPAA is run by the same mob that is running the RIAA. These guys are crooks and the only they care about is profit. They don't care about the product, the artist or the customers. The sooner we consumers can run them outta business the better
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all of this is on a time table
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Not RIAA
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Re: Not RIAA
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haha
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You two met in a community shower, didn't you.
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hollywood morons....they're all freakin stupid.
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Whats wrong?
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Re: i am embarresed...
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Hollywood upset?? Where does it say that?
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Quality Movies
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Who is this "we" of whom you speak?
It is so amusing to watch the antics of a dying industry with an outmoded business model. If these DVDs had any value, they would be sold at that value. The fact that they were give-aways shows that that value is essentially gone.
Memo to Studios: It is the market that sets the value of your products - NOT YOU.
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Quality Movies (cont.)
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Smile when you say that' pardner...
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