Mr Worf, opening-day renting is, IMO, a coming thing. With my own time at such a premium, I know I'd be in line to use it, were it available.
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe that they could make even more money if they beefed up their > rental library and offered opening day renting from home. (at a premium) > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> After reading that, Mr Worf, I'm reminded of that immortal scene from "The >> Blues Brothers", when Reverend Cleophus Jones asks Joliet Jake, "Have you >> seen the light?" >> >> In this case, it's "Have you seen the $$$?" >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> *"After months of conducting studies about the effects of delays on >>> sales of DVDs, 'Paramount Pictures has agreed to provide its movies to >>> Redbox on the same day they go on >>> sale<http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/hollywood-dvd-rentals/>.' >>> A Paramount exec said, 'Those people who want to rent are going to figure >>> out ways to rent, and us restricting them from renting isn't going to turn >>> it into a purchase.' Gee, who would have thought of that?"* Reader >>> DisKurzion sends in news of another movie business experiment underway by an >>> Australian company called Distracted Media. They are raising funds for a >>> movie called *The Tunnel* by letting people invest in individual frames >>> for $1 >>> apiece<http://torrentfreak.com/the-tunnel-buy-a-frame-of-a-bittorrent-only-horror-movie-100617/>. >>> When the movie is complete, it will be released for free on torrent sites. >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
