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Hollywood Against Jobs' Movie Pricing Plan
Alex Romanelli, Variety writes "Hollywood insiders tell Variety why/how Hollywood is in stalemate with Jobs over movie downloads on iTunes. Jobs wants a flat $9.99 per film download, studios are refusing, insisting upon tiered pricing. On the other side there's a
different, longer, analytical story looking at how H'wood executives are still unsure if Jobs should be considered a friend or foe."
So you're saying that Uwe Boll's movies would actually earn a profit now?
If it's something I can burn to disc and watch forever after buying once, I'd be into it as well for $9.99. If nothing else, it's worth it to get rid of the hassle of renaming "X.-Men_-_3_-_.ws.cam.dvdrip.xvid.mp3.divx.vcd.tmd .rsvp.cod.0u812.turk182.subs.dubs.tubs.releazed.by .fr0d0.da.man.[downloaded.form.somefreakingtorrent site.net].(1.of.1).pls.seed.omg.kthx.avi" to "X-Men 3.avi".
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
"If he manages to get the movie industry to play along, I propose we send him to negotiate with OPEC next"
Great...so then we'll only have to pay $0.49 a litre for fuel but to get that price we'll all have to drive a white iWagon?
I'm all for a tiered pricing plan:
$9.99 for newly released, first rate movies. Price drops thereafter based on quality, popularity, and age.
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.