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Originally Posted by raptors661
i have recently noticed that more and more stores are breaking street dates and releasing DVDs early. My friend found "This Film is Not Yet Rated" yesterday at K-Mart and i saw "Saw III" at Target today.( i didnt get it because it was the rated foolscreen version). I thought this was illegal. Or is it for competitive edge? Does it cut down on pirates?  |
I think its a combination of people not paying attention/knowing about street dates and a little bit of competitive edge. I've read that if a store is caught breaking the street date, they can encur fines of something along the lines of monetary fines of each copy sold etc. Unless its a hugely successful movie (harry potter, Superman, LOTR) caliber film I doubt most studios would care or even notice if movies were released a day or 2 early. I got 24 Season 5 a week early in December at a local K-Mart. I think that was just someone not paying attention to the date. So this must mean that most stores have their new releases a week to 10 days in advance.
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