[MPlayer-users] Re: Rescuing a scratched DVD
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
jbms at attbi.com
Wed Dec 10 00:11:18 CET 2003
ephemeron at softhome.net writes:
> On 7. December 2003 at 10:42PM -0500,
> Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms at attbi.com> wrote:
>> D Richard Felker III <dalias at aerifal.cx> writes:
>>
>> > My point is that you should not be paying a premium for a DVD over
>> > what the media costs.
>>
>> How about what the production of the film costs? Are you suggesting
>> that film producers should 1) operate at a loss, and 2) continue to
>> produce films?
> It's a proven fact that DVDs, VCDs and CDs are cheapest where the
> "piracy" (as Hollywood and the RIAA like to call non-licensed
> copying) levels are the highest. I'm sure the pockets of the big
> Hollywood studioes are hurting because of the hundreds of
> millions in China and other non-First World countries that don't
> buy official DVDs and VCDs.
I am not sure what you are getting at. As far as economics are
concerned, this is an example of price discrimination.
--
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
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