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Yeah, you know what? Fuck redbox on this one. Selling the digital codes separately, while renting the physical item? That sounds like kind of ridiculous behavi

Yeah, you know what? Fuck redbox on this one. Selling the digital codes separately, while renting the physical item? That sounds like kind of ridiculous behavior, considering you’d imagine them to have a wholesale side-channel for their operation. Do they have unskilled workers acquiring optical disks via retail, over the counter, and then shucking them out of the consumer product package, and sleeving them for rental operations? But, still, fuck Disney too. It is completely irrational that they insist on operating as this elitist, vertically integrated smoke stack that issues forth a plume of animated gruel intended to placate sheltered infants, piped in by a specially insulated A/V channel for two hours at a time, at like $40 bucks a go. Both of them suck, but if the game is cricket, the rules are stacked in Disney’s favor in this instance.

jrochkind1 9y ago
> Do they have unskilled workers acquiring optical disks via retail, over the counter, and then shucking them out of the consumer product package, and sleeving them for rental operations? Yes, that's what the article said they do. That is perfectly legal with the DVDs. You are allowed to resell things you buy, that's the first sale doctrine, and it's why you can sell a used book or DVD without paying a licensing fee. But it's unclear if it applies to the download code. This is literally what the article was about.
jstanley 9y ago
> Selling the digital codes separately, while renting the physical item? That sounds like kind of ridiculous behavior Why? If Disney sold a DVD with a bundled toy, and Redbox wanted to rent out the DVD and sell the toy separately, would that be "kind of ridiculous behaviour"? They bought the DVD+toy fair and square, I don't see an issue here.
astura 9y ago
Imagine instead if it were a DVD+Blueray set. Would you be ok with selling (or renting) the DVD and the Blueray separate? If I buy the DVD+Blueray set and I only own a Blueray player why shouldn't I sell the DVD? TFA indicates that, yes, these are retail items, at least for Disney movies. Meaning they have people buying them at retail stores. I'm not sure why you find this so shocking.

jrochkind1 9y ago

> Do they have unskilled workers acquiring optical disks via retail, over the counter, and then shucking them out of the consumer product package, and sleeving them for rental operations? Yes, that's what the article said they do. That is perfectly legal with the DVDs. You are allowed to resell things you buy, that's the first sale doctrine, and it's why you can sell a used book or DVD without paying a licensing fee. But it's unclear if it applies to the download code. This is literally what the article was about.

jstanley 9y ago

> Selling the digital codes separately, while renting the physical item? That sounds like kind of ridiculous behavior Why? If Disney sold a DVD with a bundled toy, and Redbox wanted to rent out the DVD and sell the toy separately, would that be "kind of ridiculous behaviour"? They bought the DVD+toy fair and square, I don't see an issue here.

astura 9y ago

Imagine instead if it were a DVD+Blueray set. Would you be ok with selling (or renting) the DVD and the Blueray separate? If I buy the DVD+Blueray set and I only own a Blueray player why shouldn't I sell the DVD? TFA indicates that, yes, these are retail items, at least for Disney movies. Meaning they have people buying them at retail stores. I'm not sure why you find this so shocking.