Warner Bros., along with all other Hollywood studios are just stupid lumberjacks. The only thing safe in the forest with them would be the trees.The movie studios as a whole need to get of their high horse and make better material,that is actually worth owning. Some recent releases, I do not even rent! They need to change their new dvd pricing model, and make dvds so cheap to own nothing else would make sense. I know we all remember how in titled the music industry felt. They charged as much as $18.99 for a new cd. Consumers revolted by sharing their cd's and later their files to make their own cd's. The music industry tried to respond my lowering cd's to $8.99 and lower,but it was to late. A bootleg cd can be had for 2 for $5. The music industry has been irrevocably injured.The movie studios need to look at what happened to the music industry, and, for lack of better terminology, change their tune. A good quality bootleg movie can be bought for $5-$7. Some people will buy them, some will not. But if all hollywood studios follow W B's model,bootleg sales along with people's willingness to bootleg,are sure to increase. Warner Bros. decision to hold back movie availability to try and force high prices down our proverbial throats is a poor one. Why don't they just drop regular dvd prices to $11.99 and down, and Blu-ray to $14.99 and down? The movie studios would be shocked by how fast consumer purse strings would loosen. The reason regular dvds are still so popular is because blu- ray is still stupid expensive. Not to mention, you have to pay $26 and up to own one movie title! Hopefully movie studios get smart before they too are digitally bootlegged into critical condition as well.
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Warner Bros., along with all other Hollywood studios are just stupid lumberjacks. The only thing safe in the forest with them would be the trees.The movie studios as a whole need to get of their high horse and make better material,that is actually worth owning. Some recent releases, I do not even rent! They need to change their new dvd pricing model, and make dvds so cheap to own nothing else would make sense. I know we all remember how in titled the music industry felt. They charged as much as $18.99 for a new cd. Consumers revolted by sharing their cd's and later their files to make their own cd's. The music industry tried to respond my lowering cd's to $8.99 and lower,but it was to late. A bootleg cd can be had for 2 for $5. The music industry has been irrevocably injured.The movie studios need to look at what happened to the music industry, and, for lack of better terminology, change their tune. A good quality bootleg movie can be bought for $5-$7. Some people will buy them, some will not. But if all hollywood studios follow W B's model,bootleg sales along with people's willingness to bootleg,are sure to increase. Warner Bros. decision to hold back movie availability to try and force high prices down our proverbial throats is a poor one. Why don't they just drop regular dvd prices to $11.99 and down, and Blu-ray to $14.99 and down? The movie studios would be shocked by how fast consumer purse strings would loosen. The reason regular dvds are still so popular is because blu- ray is still stupid expensive. Not to mention, you have to pay $26 and up to own one movie title! Hopefully movie studios get smart before they too are digitally bootlegged into critical condition as well.