Is it legal to loan someone a DVD?

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Just being the devil's advocate here (literally! 😉 ), but movies make a LOT of money off of their theatrical run... So that takes care of a major chunk of the production/distribution/ad costs... Most movies actually pay for themselves in the theater- rental revenue is just icing on the cake.. Music's sole source of revenue is cd sales... Movies make money on the theatrical run, the cable/broadcast tv run/ppv run, and then the rental/sell-through market... I think CDs should be MUCH cheaper but you're not comparing apples to apples here..

Movies cost $50 million to make. A CD costs $500,000 from a very expensive studio with a high profile band.

CD prices are a joke, plain and simple.

Again, movies often make $60+ million during their theatrical run yet it's rather rare for an album to go platinum... Even if an album goes gold (and that's tough for some talented, non-radio friendly artists) then how much is actually made after marketing, etc.? I do agree that the labels charge way too much for cds - they should be $10 in my opinion.. But saying that DVDs cost XXX so CDs should cost XXX isn't really fair...

You missed the point that it costs nowhere near as much to make a CD than a movie... And as someone else pointed out, the money maid during a theatrical showing often only covers the production costs, not marketing costs. So it is still apples to apples. Not every movie makes $60 million, either. There are lots of bombs.

damnit, i wasted my 4000th post on this.

 

[ThePresence]

It better be legal, I'd get the death penalty if it isn't. I'm a regular Blockbuster, although I don't charge.