Not paying royalties isn't illegal and Netflix does it all the time

Oct 23, 2016
10:11:54am

cougarfann888 All-American

Sometime the rental riffs work out royalty agreements with the studios to get their copies for free or cheap. But Redbox has often fought with different studios and ends up just buying their movies in bulk at Wal mart or Amazon at retail price

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cougarfann888

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Anyone looked into buying Stock in vid angel?

cougarfann888

10/20/16 4:34pm

Sounds like a complete gamble. <50% chance of any return on the investment.

OPINIONS

10/20/16 4:36pm

I was trying to figure out what they are valuing the company at. With $3 a share

cougarfann888

10/20/16 4:38pm

I couldn't tell if there were 25 million total shares or if those were just clas

cougarfann888

10/20/16 4:40pm

So.... perfect time to buy, right?

frontrowcougar

10/20/16 4:38pm

Or you could put $10,000 on black and have a 48% chance of making it $20k.

OPINIONS

10/20/16 4:39pm

Good idea. BRB.

frontrowcougar

10/20/16 4:43pm

Considered it before the litigation but staying far away now.

byubyu

10/20/16 4:38pm

They will probably lose the litigation

donnerstag

10/20/16 4:42pm

What do you mean by with DVDs? Is it their streaming model that they

cougarfann888

10/20/16 4:44pm

The editing model

donnerstag

10/20/16 4:51pm

Yeah but the editing DVD players are legal I think their streaming mode

cougarfann888

10/20/16 5:13pm

With the legal issues and the BS/IS looking the way it does right now I'm

sandtrapcougar

10/20/16 4:59pm

I just read though their circular. This thing is a dumpster fire. Stay away.

vegasnative

10/20/16 5:08pm

I don't think they're crooks but I don't think they're very intelligent-

byubyu

10/20/16 5:41pm

Very possible. This whole thing reeks of desperation.

vegasnative

10/20/16 6:34pm

Not crooks, just not doing their due diligence.

OPINIONS

10/20/16 7:20pm

I've believed they were crooks from the beginning. This just adds to it.

vegasnative

10/20/16 8:07pm

RE: I've believed they were crooks from the beginning. This just adds to it.

CollegeFBFan

10/22/16 12:39pm

A few principle reasons, first, it is a clear violation of copyright law in my

vegasnative

10/22/16 5:08pm

On your second point. I've been rejected a rental because all copies were

sandtrapcougar

10/22/16 6:10pm

Yeah I have been rejected for that reason too

cougarfann888

10/22/16 8:35pm

Still don't believe they buy all the movies they claim too. The numbers don't

vegasnative

10/22/16 10:15pm

Not paying royalties isn't illegal and Netflix does it all the time

cougarfann888

10/23/16 10:11am

However current online rents services do pay royalties but that is the aspect th

cougarfann888

10/23/16 10:14am

RE: Anyone looked into buying Stock in vid angel?

dudemeister

10/21/16 1:14am

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