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Originally posted by LiquidLight
Originally posted by xxpigxx
Too take my wife to the movies will cost me $100.00, at least. Then they proceed with 30 minutes of commercials before the movie . . .
Damn, dude, how much popcorn do you eat? let's see... these are just guesstimates:
$8x2 for the movie tickets
$5x2 for the drinks
$6 for the popcorn
and lets say $3x2 for candy.
That's less than forty.
Originally posted by LiquidLight
Oh, yeah, forget about the fact that they can get a fifteen dollar product, or even a product that hasn't been released yet to the public, for free...
The truth is, most pirated movies are of extremely poor quality. The only reason people download them is because they can't/won't go out and buy them.
Most people download movies because they see trailers for them and they look like killer movies, then you pay to see them in the theater, or buy the DVD when they come out and the movie is pure trash! the "good" trailer was actually from deleted scenes or the scene that it was taken from was the only good part of the movie.
The movie studios need to learn that greed will be their downfall just like it was for the music industry.
Originally posted by LiquidLight
reply to post by warrenb
Redbox requires a credit card to purchase. Instant ID.
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
You cannot be required to show ID on a simple purchase. Period. The government cannot require sellers to ID on an everyday purchase.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
You cannot be required to show ID on a simple purchase. Period. The government cannot require sellers to ID on an everyday purchase.
Are you sure they can't?
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
The only way the government can mandate IDing customers of a specific product is if that product has a legal age limit.
So, movies rated 'R' and up, yes they can ID you. Unless legislation passes that says you must be a certain age to buy a dvd of any rating, they cannot require it.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
The only way the government can mandate IDing customers of a specific product is if that product has a legal age limit.
So, movies rated 'R' and up, yes they can ID you. Unless legislation passes that says you must be a certain age to buy a dvd of any rating, they cannot require it.
But, are you sure they can't? What law saves us from it? There are many things that I thought they had no legal right to do, yet they do it anyway. What is to stop them from this?