> You don't need a special license to buy a dvd and rent it out to anyone. Just as you don't need a special license to loan or sell a dvd to a friend. You bough

> You don't need a special license to buy a dvd and rent it out to anyone. Just as you don't need a special license to loan or sell a dvd to a friend. You bought it and you can do that. Allow me to introduce you to British Columbia, Canada: "By law, any person or business that distributes or publicly exhibits motion pictures or Restricted or Adult DVDs (adult motion pictures or “adult videos”) in BC requires a licence. To “distribute” means to rent, lease, sell or supply (or to offer to provide any of these services)." https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/get-keep-licence/motion-pictures/ https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/get-keep-licence/motion-... There's also a whole industry for supplying dvd for rental purposes which charges serial multiples of the retail price per copy and you are legally required to purchase those version and are not permitted to rent out retail dvds. I learned this when I was going to try to have a used dvd club in a small town and fell afoul of these issues, as it was a for profit venture.