You're right about tapes. They do cost much more than the retail tapes, but you can buy them with different kind of plans. Some plans are profit sharing, others are time lease, used, etc.
It just depends on how you buy the tape and from what outlet. We got most of ours from Waxworks, but towards the end of my stay there Warner Bros stopped selling their tapes through second parties. By doing this not only did they get a bigger piece of the pie, but could bring a heap of purchasing options to the table that would have been a pain for Waxworks.
Games and DVDs are not though. Games are bought below retail as well as DVDs. Thats why DVDs have been embraced pretty well by the rental industry. The turn around on a dvd is much faster than a non-sell through tape. Three or four rentals and you slap a Previously viewed DVD sticker on it and sell it for $10. Ditto with Games
pay a large fee to the video game makers (buy the games for $1000 each or something)
Nope. I spent well over 2 years in a blockbuster and we got all of our games for well below (about $20 less) retail from a company named Waxworks. As far as paying a fee to the production companies I know of only one license fee paid and that was to Blockbuster itself for the store trademark.
I'm unsure and someone will be able to probably correct me but I seem to remember a court case in the 80s regarding rental of copyrighted material.
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Prepare yourself for the worst it's coming soon I believe in those foretold prophecies of doom They say the end is close, it's coming fast Not every single one of us is gonna last So, stand and fight or kill yourself right now It'll be one less motherfucker to kill Skin shot, burned, stabbed, scorched and torn This pain is real - you can't ignore...
War is coming
Arm yourself with the right to kill at will Shoot to kill it's them or you Time to choose, time to choose or die Blood's pouring from the hole in your side Take the pain - it'll focus and strengthen you Take the pain - or your life's fuckin' through Face the pain - let it become part of you Take the pain
War is coming
Prepare yourself for the worst it's coming soon I believe in those foretold prophecies of doom They say the end is close, it's coming fast Not every single one of us is gonna last So, stand and fight or kill yourself right now It'll be one less motherfucker to kill Skin shot, burned, stabbed, scorched and torn This pain is real - you can't ignore...
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You're right about tapes. They do cost much more than the retail tapes, but you can buy them with different kind of plans. Some plans are profit sharing, others are time lease, used, etc.
It just depends on how you buy the tape and from what outlet. We got most of ours from Waxworks, but towards the end of my stay there Warner Bros stopped selling their tapes through second parties. By doing this not only did they get a bigger piece of the pie, but could bring a heap of purchasing options to the table that would have been a pain for Waxworks.
Games and DVDs are not though. Games are bought below retail as well as DVDs. Thats why DVDs have been embraced pretty well by the rental industry. The turn around on a dvd is much faster than a non-sell through tape. Three or four rentals and you slap a Previously viewed DVD sticker on it and sell it for $10. Ditto with Games
Nope. I spent well over 2 years in a blockbuster and we got all of our games for well below (about $20 less) retail from a company named Waxworks. As far as paying a fee to the production companies I know of only one license fee paid and that was to Blockbuster itself for the store trademark.
I'm unsure and someone will be able to probably correct me but I seem to remember a court case in the 80s regarding rental of copyrighted material.
Here More information than the press blurb in the article
Prepare yourself for the worst it's coming soon
I believe in those foretold prophecies of doom
They say the end is close, it's coming fast
Not every single one of us is gonna last
So, stand and fight or kill yourself right now
It'll be one less motherfucker to kill
Skin shot, burned, stabbed, scorched and torn
This pain is real - you can't ignore...
War is coming
Arm yourself with the right to kill at will
Shoot to kill it's them or you
Time to choose, time to choose or die
Blood's pouring from the hole in your side
Take the pain - it'll focus and strengthen you
Take the pain - or your life's fuckin' through
Face the pain - let it become part of you
Take the pain
War is coming
Prepare yourself for the worst it's coming soon
I believe in those foretold prophecies of doom
They say the end is close, it's coming fast
Not every single one of us is gonna last
So, stand and fight or kill yourself right now
It'll be one less motherfucker to kill
Skin shot, burned, stabbed, scorched and torn
This pain is real - you can't ignore...
War is coming
WAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR