Buying used DVDs wont support the artist financially

Royalty rate indicates the fraction of secondary sale prices paid back to the original creator while the royalty dummy takes one if the individual token embedded royalty payments.

However, we show that the additional royalties from the secondary market do not necessarily increase the creator's profit. Specifically, when the platform establishes a secondary market, the creator is worse off when most consumers are uninformed ...

The cast members, including Jason Alexander, Julia-Louis Dreyfus and Michael Richards, then did some collective bargaining of their own. Noting that they had made much less from the show than its creators, the three actors refused to record anything for the DVD versions until each was paid advances against royalties for future sales.

Not only because the platforms would remove what I wanted (movies and shows), but (at least in terms of music) literally a platform change meant that I would “buy” the music, but not really buy it, and therefore, since they decided to change how they did things – I lost my money and no longer owned the music, because I never actually bought it in the first place. My wallet disagreed. That was enough to sour me on this whole thing. Plus, DVDs are so much cheaper in the end and you actually OWN them.

It’s a lot better. And you get extended versions. Curse of Fenric comes to mind. And you get better resolution since the US DVDs are only 480i. But wait for sales.

Copyright only impacts the creation and sale of copies of an original work. ... It is legal to sell used CDs and DVDs, if you owned them legally to begin with and if they were sold to you publicly.

For example, the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) and the Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator (AACS LA) are so worried about an exemption for certain kinds of DVDs that it ran to the Copyright Office to claim that you simply don’t own the DVDs you buy, and they’d really appreciate it if people stopped thinking they actually bought the DVD that, you know, they bought: When consumers buy a DVD or Blu-ray disc, they are not purchasing the motion picture itself, rather they are purchasing access to the motion picture which affords only the right to access the work according to the format?s particular specifications (i.e., through the use of a DVD player), or the Blu-ray Disc format specifications (i.e., through the use of a Blu-ray format player).

Feb 17 2024 As of 2024, Amazon will not let you sell used DVDs unless you have an invoice from the place you bought the DVDs wholesale originally, if you own one and want to sell you aren't allowed.

Far too many people present themselves as DVD experts without knowing the first thing about DVD. This is my response to the myths generated by helpful but clueless people. Suggestions are welcome · These myths are debunked by facts. Dispute them at your peril. Read the DVD FAQ for more info