Tell that to the woman hiding from her abusive ex-husband who has already tried to kill her before. If she purchased to a gun to try and defend herself from him, now the Times has a database of exactly where she lives.
Tell that to the criminal looking to steal a gun. He now has a checklist of houses he can watch to find out who lives alone, what their schedule is, when they leave, etc.
Tell that to the undercover cop and his loving family. If someone's looking for revenge on someone against the guy that arrested him/their brother, there's a good chance that same last name is on that map somewhere.
Hells, that's if it's not already worked around, now....
And that's if the most immediately obvious work-around, immediately bit copying the disc, doesn't do it all ready.
I mean really, though.... one to three dollars for a whole movie, I just have to copy and/or burn it? AND I don't have to return it... AND, since I paid cash, there's no paper trail leading to me?
::didn't these guys take basic economics in college?::
Obviously not, or they went to the same college as the RIAA folks.
"Hey! Let's piss off our customers, insult them, and sue old ladies and children!"
And they say the glamour of Hollywood is dead...
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Tell that to the woman hiding from her abusive ex-husband who has already tried to kill her before. If she purchased to a gun to try and defend herself from him, now the Times has a database of exactly where she lives. Tell that to the criminal looking to steal a gun. He now has a checklist of houses he can watch to find out who lives alone, what their schedule is, when they leave, etc. Tell that to the undercover cop and his loving family. If someone's looking for revenge on someone against the guy that arrested him/their brother, there's a good chance that same last name is on that map somewhere.
It seems another rental store alternative may benefit from this: Mail-order rental.
Subscribe (there's that pay-per-view price model again), they mail you X number of DVD-D's a month. Saves them on return postage.
Could be an interesting pricings scheme, too...
Hells, that's if it's not already worked around, now....
And that's if the most immediately obvious work-around, immediately bit copying the disc, doesn't do it all ready.
I mean really, though.... one to three dollars for a whole movie, I just have to copy and/or burn it?
AND I don't have to return it...
AND, since I paid cash, there's no paper trail leading to me?
Sign me up!
::didn't these guys take basic economics in college?:: Obviously not, or they went to the same college as the RIAA folks. "Hey! Let's piss off our customers, insult them, and sue old ladies and children!" And they say the glamour of Hollywood is dead...