That's a good point I hadn't thought about. Wal-Mart has exercised some censorship in the past over certain books and albums they deemed too explicit or controversial in nature. They are based in Arkansas, after all, and count among their customers many conservative folks. So would they have an issue with NC-17 films, films with strong homo-erotic themes, even explicit anime (no idea if NetFlix sells that last)?
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As long as Wal-Mart has no say about the content or types of movies
available on Netflix I have no real problems with the merger.
Glad to see the group up and running.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella \(formerly
Tracey L. Minor\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hate to do it, but I too have made an effort to avoid all things
Walmart.
> I really like netflix and enjoyed watching the process of them
taking down
> Walmart in this arena. It never dawned on me the result would be
Wal-Mart
> partnering with them. If it can happen to Microsoft and Apple, I
should not
> be surprised.
>
> Tracey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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> Behalf Of g123curious
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 1:14 PM
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Netflix/Walmart Marriage - What do you
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>
> Since I am boycotting Wal-Mart due to their questionable business
> practices, this just insures that I won't do business with Netflix
> either.
>
> George
> Captain
> The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston)
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella \(formerly
> Tracey L. Minor\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey guys. What do you think about all this?
> > Tracey
> >
> > Netflix, Wal-Mart Unite; Blockbuster Attacks
> >
> > The brutal war over online DVD rentals
> > accelerated Thursday as Netflix and
> > Wal-Mart announced an agreement, which
> > was followed by an announcement by
> > Blockbuster offering incentives to anyone
> > switching from Netflix and Wal-Mart. Under
> > the Netflix-Wal-Mart deal, Netflix will
> > take over Wal-Mart's online DVD rental
> > business beginning June 16 while at the
> > same time promoting Wal-Mart's sell-through
> > business. Wal-Mart is believed to have about
> > 300,000 subscribers. Shares in Netflix
> > rocketed up 24 percent following the
> > announcement. Later in the day, Blockbuster
> > offered to give Netflix and Wal-Mart online
> > rental subscribers two months of online
> > rentals free, a free DVD of their choice to
> > keep, and two coupons for free in-store
> > rentals. In a statement, Blockbuster chairman
> > and CEO John Antioco said, "We remain
> > committed to growing our online rental
> > business and plan to continue to compete
> > very aggressively in" online DVD rentals.
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