WTF! Netflix is cheating!

[Jetblade]

Is this fair? Netflix is making COPIES!!! of there new releases and renting those out!

Thats not cool! Is it legal?


WTF?

EDIT: :camera:s

 

[Gunslinger08]

No, they rent illegal copies to people and just cross their fingers that no one will notice.

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
No, they rent illegal copies to people and just cross their fingers that no one will notice.

LMAO!!

I'm sure they have permission to make copies. If you don't like it call and complain and maybe they won't send you copies and just originals from then on.

 

[xSauronx]

pics? proof? i havent had a copy of anything...not from netflix anyway

 

[Kenny]

I doubt such a large company would do something illegal. They probably paid for some sort of a royalty fee to make those copies.

 

[Jetblade]

Pics are up!

 

[Beau]

those are copies? which one are you talking about, cuz Dumb and Dumberer looks like it's been silk screened

 

[niwi7]

those definately arent copies


they are just legit dvds in soft sleeves

if u can peel off the label on the dvds easily then its a copy but from those pics its most def the legit cds with no original case (which is legal i think)

 

[Jetblade]

Dumb and Dumberer is......see that big fat NETFLIX logo on there?

Not sure about X-2

 

[GeekDrew]

I've got an original of Dumb and Dumberer and it looks like that :-/

 

[Jetblade]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I've got an original of Dumb and Dumberer and it looks like that :-/

Does it have the Netflix logo on it too?

 

[MikeMike]

you can add logo's to stuff.

the local movie rental place does it, it says their name in about 5 different spots on the disc. they arent copies, 100% legit, and just are added on maybe silk screened, or stamped on.

MIKE

 

[Nocturnal]

Perhaps Netflix has an agreement with the MPAA or whoever they buy their dvds from to have Netflix printed on the DVDs that they'll get.

 

[novon]

Netflix buys lisences not the actual retail dvd, so if it looses one in the mail, I think they can copy to make up for it, or get a replacement.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Perhaps Netflix has an agreement with the MPAA or whoever they buy their dvds from to have Netflix printed on the DVDs that they'll get.

which would make sense considering they rent out so many

i was expecting a pic of a plain dvd with "dumb and dumberer" written in sharpie on it...

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: novon
Netflix buys lisences not the actual retail dvd, so if it looses one in the mail, I think they can copy to make up for it, or get a replacement.

are you talking out your ass or do you know this for a fact?

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Perhaps Netflix has an agreement with the MPAA or whoever they buy their dvds from to have Netflix printed on the DVDs that they'll get.

which would make sense considering they rent out so many

i was expecting a pic of a plain dvd with "dumb and dumberer" written in sharpie on it...

So was it. I thought it would have said "Verbatim" on it too lol.

 

[Atrac]

I rented a movie ("Lan Yu") and it came looking quite generic. It had the title, the disc was red, and it had the Net Flix logo on the right side. The whole thing was silk screened, and the words were not, so it was like a "Cookie Cutter" effect.

I doubt they were able to scrape off the original silk screening to get their name on there.

Netflix is definately doing something weird.

 

[DaviDaVinci]

Shouldn't you have contacted them or someone else before posting here based on pure assumptions. Please change your title. Got me excited over nothing.

 

[SaigonK]

Originally posted by: Jetblade
Is this fair? Netflix is making COPIES!!! of there new releases and renting those out! Thats not cool! Is it legal? WTF? EDIT: :camera:s

These are the same type most rental stores get from movie studios.
They arent copying anything.

 

[digitalsm]

LOS GATOS, CA (June 12, 2001) ? NetFlix (www.netflix.com), the world's largest online DVD rental source, announced today that it has entered into revenue sharing agreements with the home entertainment divisions of DreamWorks SKG, Twentieth Century Fox, and Universal Studios. Netflix is the first online renter of DVDs to have secured revenue sharing agreements with major motion picture studios and distributors.

They can legally make copies.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Perhaps Netflix has an agreement with the MPAA or whoever they buy their dvds from to have Netflix printed on the DVDs that they'll get.

which would make sense considering they rent out so many

i was expecting a pic of a plain dvd with "dumb and dumberer" written in sharpie on it...

So was it. I thought it would have said "Verbatim" on it too lol.

ha. that's what i thought also. maybe some high quality FujiFilm DVD-Rs

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

LOS GATOS, CA (June 12, 2001) ? NetFlix (www.netflix.com), the world's largest online DVD rental source, announced today that it has entered into revenue sharing agreements with the home entertainment divisions of DreamWorks SKG, Twentieth Century Fox, and Universal Studios. Netflix is the first online renter of DVDs to have secured revenue sharing agreements with major motion picture studios and distributors.

They can legally make copies.

how does revenue sharing = making copies?

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I've got an original of Dumb and Dumberer and it looks like that :-/

And for that YOU should be shot.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: PipBoy

Originally posted by: digitalsm

LOS GATOS, CA (June 12, 2001) ? NetFlix (www.netflix.com), the world's largest online DVD rental source, announced today that it has entered into revenue sharing agreements with the home entertainment divisions of DreamWorks SKG, Twentieth Century Fox, and Universal Studios. Netflix is the first online renter of DVDs to have secured revenue sharing agreements with major motion picture studios and distributors.

They can legally make copies.

how does revenue sharing = making copies?

It simple, its likely in their revenue sharing agreement. As long as the studios and distributors are getting thier $$$ they dont care. Its called buisness. The studios/distributors aren't losing any money, they are only gaining profit.