dodgy dvds

[scruffscat]

last night i rented out 2 dvds,a 6 month old rental and the da vinci code, we put the first older release on and it made a funny noise after takin it out we noticed it had a small sticker on with the video shops name on,this was peelin off so we took it off fully thinkin it was what was makin the odd noise.Underneath the sticker it had got a manufacturers"not for rental" mark on it,and the same thing happened with the newer film.My question is are the shopowners buyin these films over the counter puttin these stickers on then rentin them out ? also is this legal?

[rojash]

Question 1: Probably
Question 2: Definitely not.

You could probably make some dosh from reporting them!

[Catso]

Though, imagine a scenario where the shop had bought a rental version, but the disk wore out/broke. Would the shop then be obliged to buy a new (& expensive) rental version, or could they legally use the non-rental version, covered by the licence for the (now defunct) rental version?

I've no idea.

Does anyone know?

[Sammy Snake]

I used to work for a company that sold DVD's etc.
There were two versions of most films available, Rental Only (which cost from about �45 each) and Not For Rental (which cost about �13). The not for rental versions are clearly marked on the box and the actual disc.

The rental versions were only available for a certain time as only a limited number were made and once the stocks run out, that's usually it.

Ocassionally we could 'lose' a customer order for a major title, and by the time they discovered that they were missing a new release, it was impossible to get them a copy as the Rental Only versions were now unavailable and they were not allowed to rent out the 'not for rental' version under any circumstances. Same as if a disc got snapped or wasn't returned by a customer, often it couldn't be replaced as the film was now unavailable in the rental only format.