Posts by InternationalObserver
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so can a rental store go to the warehouse and buy cheap copies of the release dvd and rent them out with no recourse to the owner of the work?
I suppose they could if they wanted to, but they would probably buy them cheaper wholesale from the distributer. As I said, there is a 'window' between the time a title is available for rent, and the time you can buy-to-own. When the title becomes available for retail purchase the price for rental outlets also drops significantly. But if they can buy it cheaper at the Warehouse (and need more copies than the ones they bought initially 3 months earlier) then I guess they will.
Dairy owners do the same thing when Supermarkets sell stuff cheaper than the wholesaler (which is why you often see their Supermarket trolleys filled to the brim with Canned Drinks). Just like how you could buy a bigger argument on NZmusic.com than you can here on PA, by cutting out the middle man and going straight to the muso's. -
how does it work with video stores. do they have to pay fees back to the movie owners for each rental occurrence, as a cinema does for each ticket sold?
No, the distributor sells the rental outlet a dvd/video for (say) $100 and the outlet can then make as much money as they can from renting it before the title is available for purchase thru retail. The distributor may also have a 'buy back' arrangement with the rental outlet, enabling the outlet to thus stock 20+ copies for the first few weeks of release. If the title is unpoular they send (say) half back to the distributor. Or in the 'for sale' bin at the rental outlet.
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... if you haven't already seen this on the blogosphere. More photoshop madness to make thirtysomething (and fortysomething) women feel more shitty about themselves.
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my point is this music was shunned by a large part of the country at the time, but now its the joyous soundtrack to our youth.
Just like Rap Music.
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I see my attempts at levity have failed to calm this thread down ...
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So you'll be getting a telegram from Nandos then?
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The reports also claimed that Haneef was allegedly one of a group of doctors who had been learning to fly in Queensland.
Ah yes, only pilots should be allowed to learn to fly. I've always been suspicious of Paul Holmes' motives for learning to fly. I mean, why would a broadcaster need to learn how to fly? And evidently he crash landed a lot too - obviously he never paid much attention to the lessons on how to land. Just like the 9/11 Hi-Jackers!!!
Surely someone must have reported him to the SIS? I bet he's just biding his time, waiting till they stop following him ... -
Yeah, I read the Herald story this morning and it looks like a clear cut case of making shit up. I wonder how many ppl in Gitmo are there for the same BS reasons? Like all good Gulags they only let you out when you sign a confession admitting your guilt - which exonerates their decision to detain you in the first place!!
The Herald story finishes with
But yesterday News Ltd newspapers carried new allegations, quoting senior Government and police sources, suggesting that Haneef was part of a conspiracy to attack Australia, possibly on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.
The reports said that police were examining images of a Gold Coast building and its foundations found in documents and photographs seized during a raid on Haneef's apartment after his arrest on July 2. The reports also claimed that Haneef was allegedly one of a group of doctors who had been learning to fly in Queensland.
Which is disturbing. Until you remember that these are same sources who said his SIM card was in the burning car ...
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he's kinda cute in a grizzly bear kinda way
Aha! I suspected that beneath all the sniping you had a secret crush on him.