Posted by Koenig on 11/10/62 11:30

"The Man With No Name" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:435ffff7$0$29733$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> Ever notice that, although the MPAA seems to think it's somehow useful to
> include the forced anti-piracy adds* at the beginning of DVDs, they don't
> consider the adds useful enough to justify paying to air them as
> television-commercials? (Were, at least, they would be specifically seen
> only by people who have paid for the DVD)
> Just a further indication of the contempt the studios have for their
> customers. They don't even have any confidence in the usefulness of these
> adds, but might as well include them anyway; who's cares about the
> customer's convenience?

They air them where there is going to be the maximum exposure to
movie-watching patrons. You see these same ads at the cinema. I don't
think I have seen one of these ads on a TV series DVD.

The whole point of the commercial is the anti-movie piracy message.

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