Not quite. To quote the WOPR, "the only winning move is not to play". We only get screwed if we let ourselves. If we all decide that the crap being put out by the studios isn't worth the price they're asking, then we simply do without it. Certainly the world is interesting enough that we don't absolutely *require* Batman XVII, The Return of the Wanker on BluRay.
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Not quite. To quote the WOPR, "the only winning move is not to play". We only get screwed if we let ourselves. If we all decide that the crap being put out by the studios isn't worth the price they're asking, then we simply do without it. Certainly the world is interesting enough that we don't absolutely *require* Batman XVII, The Return of the Wanker on BluRay.