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Re:Movie Studios See a Threat in Growth of Redbox by pyre on Monday September 07, 2009 @04:09AM (#808801)
How is this even relevant though? You've been able to do the same thing with Netflix, Blockbuster, etc for a long time now. The housemate of an ex-supervisor had a Netflix account and would immediately rip the DVDs he got and send them back (sometimes not even watching them), and this was from 2002 or so.
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Re:Movie Studios See a Threat in Growth of Redbox by zandorg on Monday September 07, 2009 @05:59AM (#808908)
The dollar value of a rental is, for Lovefilm UK, about 90 cents. Because of this low price, ripping a DVD is MUCH more effort than simply renting it again.
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Re:Movie Studios See a Threat in Growth of Redbox by joeyh on Monday September 07, 2009 @03:16PM (#809599)
Not if you rip it in your car while sitting in front of the vending machine. This avoids gas and time spent on returns, and worry about watching the video before late fees pile up.
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