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The obvious thing for the MPAA to do is to start doing it themselves -- voluntarily send free discs to overseas units.

• goatforce5 15y ago
  Yeah, you'd think they get positive PR if they sent free DVDs with pre-recorded messages from the stars before the movie. "Hi i'm Tom Cruise and I, and everyone else at Sony Pictures, want to thank you for your service. Enjoy the show!"
  • Retric 15y ago
    I wonder how many people would find it odd if Sony a Japanese company did that. I know their a multinational and all MGM seems like a more natural fit.
    • rexreed 15y ago
      Sony Pictures, not Sony. While it indeed is part of the Japanese conglomerate, it was founded in 1987 as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc., and renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in 1991. So, it basically is a wholly owned US subsidiary.
    • asmithmd1 15y ago
      Japan is pretty clearly part of the imperial US having ceded all military protection to the US. Have you ever heard anyone in government use the acronym CONUS? It is supposed to stand for Contiguous United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS.2FOCONUS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS.... But it is more commonly used opposed to "United States Interests at home and abroad" - i.e. the imperial United States
• RollAHardSix 15y ago
  Except they can do nothing and not be seen in a negative or positive light. The PR boost from doing it would be most-likely minimal; so financially not doing anything is the smarter move.
• toddkaufmann 15y ago
  They would flood the "market" with dvd's missing the last ten minutes. This would force people into buying commercial complete versions just to find out what happened. Kinda like breeding and releasing a bunch of sterile invasive pests to outnumber what you want to get rid of.
• officemonkey 15y ago
  Congratulations, you've just described V-Discs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc