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Another reason to sail the high seas (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Oneandonlyzach@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

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[-] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man, I spent 15 bucks to watch it at the movie theatre. Why is the rent option more expensive than that? Even with the popcorn and drink I stayed below that.

[-] gjoel@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

My only argument I can come up with is that other people have friends, so $25 will be less than going to the cinema because they don't have to pay that price for each person watching. It's still ridiculously expensive though.

[-] Staple_Diet@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

This is the logic publishers apply to libraries when they charge them more for books than general retail price.

[-] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

They do ? I assumed they get better deals as they buy shit in bulk.

[-] Staple_Diet@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mainly relates to eBooks now;

https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/here-is-a-breakdown-of-how-much-libraries-pay-for-ebooks-from-publishers

Edit; found a good summary.

Libraries pay more for books than a customer would at retail.

There are different payment models libraries use. And not all options may be available to all authors.

The one-copy method pays for the book up front, while the cost-per-checkout method pays a small amount each time (and can be more profitable in the long run).

With the one-copy method, libraries often pay two or three times the retail cost of a print book—and sometimes even more than triple the retail price of an ebook.

With the pay-per-use model, a book makes an amount less than the retail cost—but each time it’s “checked out,” the author gets royalties. If a lot of people read your book, you win!

Source; https://danieljtortora.com/blog/are-libraries-good-for-authors#:~:text=With%20the%20one%2Dcopy%20method,%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20author%20gets%20royalties.