RedBox
Now, we’re not a news site but since we are all really invested in movies I thought I’d pass this along as an interesting bit of information. Redbox are those big red boxes (how ironic) that you can find at your grocery store that rent DVD new releases for cheap. Well it turns out some people in the film industry aren’t happy with Redbox and say they are hurting their bottom line.
Universal apparently told their distributors to stop selling their new releases to Redbox within 45 days of a title’s release. So you can still get the movie but you have to wait 45 days. There is a lawsuit going on between Universal and Red Box to determine what is going to happen. Now Fox has gotten in on the “hold the new release” ticket so more may follow.
I don’t even use Redbox, I’m a Netflix kind of girl, but this makes me mad. How about you? Will you wait the 45 days or will you go through another vender or will some of you download illegally just to stick it to the man?
I’m not a reporter so this is just a taste of what’s going on. If you want to read the article on /film (pronounced slashfilm) go here.
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I think that is retarded. And stupid. The big studios are banking on people wanting to see the movie bad enough that they will just buy the stupid thing rather than wait (all hail our culture’s need for Instant Gratification) but I think that what will happen is people will forget about the movies.
If they don’t see them in the theater they will forget about them and it will hurt the red box’s business a lot. Either the studios need to lower ticket prices (did you know movie theaters don’t make profit on their ticket sales? Only concessions. All ticket sales go to the studio) or else they need to let RedBox do some business in a free market economy. All these laws and regulations and lawsuits is what is ruining America. Live and let live people.
By Amy on 08.07.09 3:04 pm | Permalink
We ONLY use Redbox. This sucks!! I don’t see how a studio could refuse to sell their movies to a vendor. Would they stop selling to Wal-mart if they marked down all new-releases to $5? If a company has found a way to make themselves more profitable, more power to them. Don’t penalize them for it.
The only bright side I can see to this is that when the movies DO finally come to Redbox, they won’t be sold out for the first week.
By wonder woman on 08.08.09 7:49 am | Permalink
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