No Rock And Roll Fun

MORE FROM THE WORLD OF CONTENT: BBC Breakfast was reporting today that Blockbuster aren't offering Oceans Eleven on DVD for rental, because the price that AOL Time Warner was demanding for it left them unable to make a profit on the deal. Oddly, the spokesperson from AOL said that the decision to rack up the price for rental copies was due to "customer demand" and, somehow, by pricing the DVD out of the rental market this was extending "customer choice." Indeed, it was up to customers to decide "what to do with their disposable income." I wish I was making this up, really I do. So, again, we're looking at a situation where the Recording Industry are shooting off their own feet again. Because if you've got four quid and want to see Ocean's Eleven, and you can't get it from Blockbuster, doesn't this make the bloke down in accounts who gets the knock-off videos from the Car Boot seem a lot more attractive?