Interesting. I wonder if rentals as a whole are down. If so, then this would suggest that the MPAA claims that piracy is killing the industry are wrong. This wo

Interesting. I wonder if rentals as a whole are down. If so, then this would suggest that the MPAA claims that piracy is killing the industry are wrong. This would be especially true because cheap rentals are the obvious substitute for expensive theaters in a tight economy. On the other hand, the recent crop of crap movies can only account for so much in the video rental business. I mean, it's possible to rent older movies as well as new crap, so if people just want to watch a movie, and the new ones are lousy, wouldn't they just watch a good old one?