[UFO Chicago] TRON Special Edition 20th Anniversary DVD

[Larry Garfield]

Precisely.  The studio made its investment back several times over
already.  The cost of producing the DVD, plus shipping, packaging, and
so on totals maybe $4.  25% profit margin brings the retail price up to
$5.  That's $15 of extortion.  I somehow doubt that Bruce Boxlightner
(one of the original "artists") sees a dime of that.  (And my apologies
to TRON and Babylon 5 fans alike if I misspelled his name.)

Although the Free Speech argument against DVDs in general is perfectly
valid as well. ;-)

Nate Riffe wrote:
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> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Sean Neakums wrote:
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> > begin  Larry Garfield quotation:
> >
> > > Great, $20 for a 20 year old movie.  DVDs are more of a ripoff than
> > > CDs are.  <sigh>
> >
> > It's not like buying a 20-year old car.  It's the same movie it ever
> > was, and with better picture and sound quality than any VHS tape.
> >
> > Now, if you have objected to the real issues with DVDs, that they
> > attempt to violate rights granted to owners of copyrighted works under
> > Federal law, you'd have made a point.
> 
> You're just thinking of a different point.  I believe the point Larry was
> trying to make is that all the work that went into making Tron was
> finished 20 years ago, but the studio is still profitting from pedro's
> purchase.  Contrast that to the purchase of a 20 year old car... once the
> manufacturer (or dealer, whatever) sold the thing, they no longer profit
> from the subsequent sales of that vehicle.
> 
> - -Nate

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