November 6, 2011
Internet, Online Business
In an effort to get consumers to start investing their earnings package media again, ultraviolet Hollywood studio embraced the format, which basically allows users to watch movies purchased on any device supporting cloud-based digital locker. For example, let’s say you really get “Avatar”, but you have a doctor’s appointment scheduled that shit right in the middle of your display. You can, in theory, pause the movie, a trip to the doctor’s office, and continue to watch movies on your smartphone while waiting for the nurse to collect. It is an interesting idea, for sure, but the movie-goers were not very happy with the performance of this format.
Ultraviolet is owned by five major studios – Sony, Paramount, Universal, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox, to be exact – all struggling to keep consumers interested in the collection of movies they want . So when someone comes along and, through no fault of their own, threatens their business model, the studio will react accordingly. Given shakiness industry today, it is certainly reasonable.
As an eBay user who is accused of copyright infringement for selling his unused code Ultraviolet online. Every time he buys a new movie – in this case, it was “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” – the code will remain online for people to buy, usually for $ 6 a pop. Unfortunately, the studio was not too crazy about the individual code separate from their physical counterparts, and put them up for auction.
This is what Ebay users told The Consumerist:
I took the “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” on Blu-ray this morning. Is that a digital download code for a free copy of the movie Ultraviolet. As the ultraviolet means nothing to me, my code is listed on eBay. Within a few hours from the list it on eBay for copyright infringement. They warned me not to list it, or my account is suspended.
I called their customer service number to explain list revealed errors, and help the lady on the phone was more concerned with the fact that no date of birth attached to the eBay account of 11 years. Once we got that taken care of (actually he refused to help me until I tied my birthday on my account), he basically just kept reading and rereading the email to me repeatedly.
Now, let’s not forget the fact that I sold on eBay before Ultraviolet code. Let also not forget the fact that, at this moment, there is a boat-load (figuratively, not literally – that would be weird) Ultraviolet auction code of life. How, exactly, they are to claim the code Ultraviolet as copyright infringement? This product. Almost no different from me selling physical copies of the Blu-ray I do not want, or the third disc in the set is a copy of the DVD I use. And why would they implement this policy of selective speculation?
Does it take a lot to go through just to make, at least, $ 5? Yes, it is. However, I was working alone, and today is a slow day.
According to attorney Jim Burger, this skill is considered “unbundling”. “[The] use of the code that governs the UV UV license, [] permit [s] the owner of the disk to access the digital content in the cloud and not allow the resale of services,” He said Mesa. In short, unless you want to sell the whole package with unused code, the studio is not too happy with your transaction online.
Burger also added that people who buy the codes from sites such as eBay may be guilty of infringement of copyright itself. All this may seem silly insults from the standpoint of the consumer, but the studio clearly struggling to maintain a foothold in the economy in an age where people can download any type of entertainment that they want to free.
Currently, there are about 20 codes are available for purchase at the auction site, most of them range from $ 2 to $ 5, depending on the title. Because you shelled own hard-earned cash to bring home the title, should be allowed to sell unused code that just want to buy a digital copy? Studio should be allowed to tell you how to sell something you already have? Let us know in the comments section.