It's not internet pirates...

[Ankf00]

it's Redbox!

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/107480/fox-studio-trying-to-pull-new-dvds-from-redbox-kiosks


Fox had requested that Redbox keep its movies out of rental kiosks for 30 days, according to a person familiar with the situation. It also offered to continue to make its DVDs available on the official release date if Redbox agreed to better economic terms, such as sharing rental revenue, the person said. Redbox declined the offers.

Now, Fox is instructing its distributors to make its movies available to Redbox only after 30 days.

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Last year, Redbox sued General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures after the studio told distributors not to make its movies available to Redbox. The lawsuit is awaiting a federal judge's decision in Delaware. Universal had demanded a 45-day delay before Redbox put its movies into kiosks. Redbox had refused to comply.


MPAA == RIAA == ****ing morons

[datachicane]

It's hard not to pity them for their poor judgement. In the end, natural selection will not be denied.
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/bromley/crystal-palace/monsters-00844-640.jpg

[nrc]

It's hard not to pity them for their poor judgement. In the end, natural selection will not be denied.
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/bromley/crystal-palace/monsters-00844-640.jpg

Natural selection, least common denominator, you say potato...

[datachicane]

Either way, keep this up and they're history.
It's pathetic and unnecessary, but they're far from the only industry in this country blind to anything beyond this quarter's return.

Maybe the MPAA should consider what happens when they give preferential distribution to huge regional near-monopolies, which became regional near-monopolies by leveraging themselves to the hilt, which leaves most of the country in a position where a date at the movies with popcorn means dropping somewhere north of $50. Hmmm, one movie, a decent steak dinner for two, or a month of satellite?

Maybe the MPAA should consider what happens when they crank out movies with gigabuck budgets, budgets so bloated that a film with a decent theatrical return can still lose money. Never mind the fact that low-budget films consistently do nearly as well at the box office, with about a zillion times better ROI.

Nah, better to dump money into legal and try to maintain the status quo for another few quarters before the whole thing keels over. The problem can't possibly be internal, can it?