Redbox rentals wont change for consumers…

Well, it’s final: New releases from Warner Home Video will not be cheaply rentable until four weeks after the DVD is released in stores.In January, Netflix acquiesced to the studio’s demands and imposed a 28-day rental blackout for new release Warner films; and yesterday, the results of the Warner/Redbox lawsuit were released, showing that Redbox will be doing the same.Hollywood studios are of the opinion that low-cost rentals such as those from Netflix and Redbox actually devalue new releases, and that a four-week window will encourage full-price sales of the films.

Redbox disagreed with the notion that its service undercuts full-price DVD releases, and sued Universal, 20th Century Fox, and Warner for the right to get DVD new releases at the same time as traditional rental outlets like Blockbuster. The suit with Warner in Delaware District Court has ended with Warner’s 28-day blackout still in place, where Redbox does not get new DVD or Blu-ray titles immediately, but is guaranteed wholesale prices on the discs it buys when they become available. Though the outcome of the suit is effectively a draw, the result was actually a pretty sound defeat of Redbox’s accusations in court.

“Redbox never addresses the critical fact that it has signed a number of direct deals with studios that effectively lock up over 50% of the supply of ‘new release’ DVD titles it seeks to carry; it never addresses the statements sprinkled throughout its own public filings and pleadings attesting to the explosive growth its DVD kiosk business has experienced throughout the same period of time that Warner, Fox, and Universal kiosk distribution policies have been in effect; it never asserts that a single one of its kiosk customers has actually been unable to obtain a Warner title or had to pay more for a Warner title since the implementation of Warner’s policy; and finally, it ignores the numerous inconvenient public admissions made by its parent company that its DVD kiosk business competes with a wide variety of distribution channels, technology, and content in the ‘highly competitive’ home video industry,” according to testimony from Warner Home Video officials last week.

In the end, Redbox has come out with a single benefit in that it can once again stock its kiosks with Warner titles at cheaper wholesale purchase rates and not bulk retail rates.

Unfortunately, nothing has changed for the consumer. Titles still cost $1 at the kiosk, and their availability is still delayed. Mitch Lowe, President of Redbox said, “By agreeing to a delayed release date, Redbox can now acquire Warner Home Video titles at a reduced product cost, preserving value for our consumers and increasing customer access to Warner titles at Redbox locations nationwide.

Sharia ( in English, Islamic law) gives the right for a man to marry up to 4 women in case he is willing and able to take care of all of them, provide living for each of them, and pay the bills for all the 4 houses. According to statistics, non-Muslim men today sleep with "Seven" 7 women! Read the article : Average man sleeps with 7 women - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19374216/ns/health-sexual_health/ "The median number of lifetime female sexual partners for men was seven" Now what do you think??? Isn't Islamic law the best??????
by No @ April 3, 2011 10:53 am
Islamic law is best in every way.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/22/sex.drug.report.ap/index.html An excerpt from this article: "The median number of lifetime female sexual partners for men was seven; the median number of male partners for women was four." At the end, they add, "The questions about numbers of sexual partners specified heterosexual relationships, and thus the survey did not measure the extent of gay or lesbian sexual partnerships. " Since every time a man and a woman have sex with each other for the first time, they both add one more notch to their bedpost, you'd think the mean number would have to be at least close for men and women, even if the median is different. I think the statistics here tell us that the women have a more skewed distribution than men - that is, most have had very few partners, but some have to sleep around like crazy to bring the mean number of partners up to the same number as it is for men. Does that sound right to you?
by cleeps @ June 26, 2007 5:15 pm
It makes sense that men and women should be more close in mean number of sexual partners. Median refers to the middle number of a set of numbers. I think the discrepancy might have more to do with stereotypes. Men who sleep with a lot of women are seen as 'studs,' 'macho,' etc. so they would be more likely to report their actual number of partners or a larger number. Women who sleep with a lot of men are more likely to be seen as 'sluts,' 'easy,' etc. so they might under-report their actual number of partners. The published study actually say, "Limitations of self-reported data include recall problems and intentional misreporting of behaviours." (p. 2)

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