Netflix imposes 28-day waiting period on Warner Bros. films

[homerdog]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=10909

Is this supposed to decrease piracy?

 

[Mize]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=10909

Is this supposed to decrease piracy?

No. It's supposed to increase sales of new release DVDs for Warner while (rumor), in exchange, Warner allows Netflix to stream more movies. Similar deals are expected with other movie companies.

And, yes, your implication that it might increase piracy seems accurate to me.

 

[John Reynolds]

Book publishers, concerned over Kindle cutting into hardcover sales, are looking to do the same thing with Amazon. . .delay the release of the Kindle version of new books.

 

[Mize]

Whether books or videos (or music) these are markets failing to recognize a new paradigm and grasping desperately at a dying business model. A great example of how disruptive technology can never (or very rarely) come from established players in an established market.

 

[linthat22]

I thought Warner wanted this and Netflix agreed. So ultimately wouldn't it be that Warner is imposing the wait rather than it being Netflix's?