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Hollywood Against Jobs' Movie Pricing Plan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

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."

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  1. Screw that. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can hit Best Buy and get stuff for $7.00 now.

    Of course, it occurs to me that the MPAA is whining because they want to charge MORE than that. Oy vey. The problem with ITunes is that there's no damn tail...A dollar (or ten) is too much for 80% of the stuff that could be sold.

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  2. $10 is fair by Ghost-in-the-shell · · Score: 5, Interesting


    I would be willing to pay $10 for my movies if I have two of the following rights! I can burn them to a DVD to play on my DVD player. Also I would want the FULL catalogue available, so I can get a copy of some MGM classic for $10 or get the latest and greatest blockbuster for $10. Either way once I download it, I own that copy.

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    -Ghost