Movie Studio Finally Sees the Light On Rentals 213
Griller_GT writes "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.' 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. When the movie is complete, it will be released for free on torrent sites.
First Rental (Score:4, Funny)
Nice, keeping up with the times (Score:4, Funny)
Obligatory from the Onion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrPwOrf4sM [youtube.com]
Blockbuster Offers Glimpse Of Movie Renting Past
That is nice and all... (Score:1, Funny)
...but after I downloaded "Gamer" with Russel Crow and watched it in fast-forward I decided to stop watching movies.
So DRM didn't beat me... "Gamer" did...
Re:Something seems off (Score:1, Funny)
You can't make an Indy film with less than $25M. There is no substitute for Harry Ford.