Not true, they are legally rentable for profit without a contract. Redbox has stated on the record that they have done it sometimes when there were tense moment

Not true, they are legally rentable for profit without a contract. Redbox has stated on the record that they have done it sometimes when there were tense moments with movie studios. Blockbuster used similar provisions. It's called the First Sale Doctrine which applies to all physical products, but not necessarily digital products. It is, however, not legal to rent CDs in the US. Because the US is weird.