I would never pay $30 for a DVD.
Remember back when VHS movies were $80? Pricing will continue to drop, the
average DVD new release is now $19, sometimes cheaper if you price search.
HD-DVD discs will undoubtably be over $40 range when first out. I'll pass...
first give me HD sets that will display full resolution of HD content (hint:
most don't).
From: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v.
Grokster, Ltd.,et al.
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:53:31 -0400
For a $30 DVD it had better have some really good bonus features,
interviews, etc.
If it's the plain movie, then no. If there is some value added above and
beyond the movie itself, then yes.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 03:22 PM 06/07/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote:
work deserves the same amount of protection from theft and exploitation
that a purchaser of that work has. Is there anybody here who honestly
thinks it should be legal to download a DVD copy for free that you would
otherwise have to pay for? Nonsense.
Conversely, does anyone here think it's reasonable that someone should be
able to charge $30 for a DVD? I doubt it. And the argument, "if you
don't want to pay, don't buy" doesn't cut it. There's no competition on
movie ticket and DVD prices, so the consumer gets what price the industry
fixes. Find another industry where that's the norm.
People are using P2P to avoid what they consider to be over inflated
prices. Does that make it right? Maybe not, but it's probably just as
right as any rebellion against what is seen as an unfair regime.
T
