Renting CD'S

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dtheduke join:2001-08-09 Leesburg, FL	Renting CD'S Sorry if this has been asked but it is a question i need to ask. Is it legal to open up a storefront and rent music CD'S like Blockbuster rents DVD'S. I have never seen any store like this where i live. Maybe there are stores like this but not in my state. Does the MPAA stop someone from doing this. I would like to know.
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drslash Goya Asma Premium join:2002-02-18 Marion, IA	There is a reason that there are no CD rental stores, it is a business model that won't work. As far as the legal aspect of your question, it can probably be done. I don't think the business concept is feasible.
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John Galt Forward, March Premium join:2004-09-30 Happy Camp kudos:5	reply to dtheduke There is a viable market if you are near a college or university...I know of several. They provide other goods and services, though. CD rentals are not their only business. -- The Truth is the foremost enemy of the State now.
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davidg Good Bye My Friend Premium,MVM join:2002-06-15 none	reply to dtheduke the cost to purchase the CD's for use in a rental operation would be outrageous. a friend of mine owned a couple of video stores and he said that movies which you could buy in the store for 20-30.00 cost him 100-150.00 PER copy. i would imagine CD's would be similar. plus, how would you make any money? very few people would pay to rent them, if anyone would. -- Lack of Preparation on YOUR Part does NOT Constitute an Emergency on Mine!
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dtheduke join:2001-08-09 Leesburg, FL 1 edit	reply to drslash It sounds like a great business to me. Buy CD'S either used from people or new at 11 to 15 dollars a pop. Then rent them for 4 dollars. You can make back that money plus easily. With the new music you could really do good.
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removed Premium,VIP join:2002-02-08 Houston, TX kudos:37	said by dtheduke: Then rent them for 4 dollars. Do people in Leesburg, FL live in the past or something? Why would you rent a CD for $4 when you can get music for free online? -- irc.removed.us - #dslr
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dtheduke join:2001-08-09 Leesburg, FL 1 edit	Well not everyone gets music free online. Every week you look at the soundscan numbers and new releases sell between 50 to 100 thousand copies a week.
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removed Premium,VIP join:2002-02-08 Houston, TX kudos:37	said by dtheduke: new releases sell between 50 to 100 thousand copies a week. It's a dying business: If you're going to do this, you should try selling Pokemon cards and Chia Pets, too. -- irc.removed.us - #dslr
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The Pig I know you want to be me Premium join:2009-09-11 1 edit	reply to dtheduke You can not do anything involving money and music without permission.
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c1590 join:2010-02-28	You can rent my old collection of pogs while your at it.
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EUS Kill cancer Premium join:2002-09-10 canada	reply to dtheduke Considering libraries do what you want to do for free, this may not be a viable business plan.
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Frank is chilling Premium join:2000-11-03 somewhere 2 edits	reply to dtheduke said by dtheduke: Sorry if this has been asked but it is a question i need to ask. Is it legal to open up a storefront and rent music CD'S like Blockbuster rents DVD'S. I have never seen any store like this where i live. Maybe there are stores like this but not in my state. Does the MPAA stop someone from doing this. I would like to know. yeah , it's called a used record store.. ie: you sell a cd at $5 and then buy it back at $3. you just rented the cd for $2. -- At first I thought everyone on the highway was drunk but then I realized I was driving in Florida
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AbBaZaBbA Premium join:2002-07-10 Wildomar, CA kudos:4	reply to davidg said by davidg: the cost to purchase the CD's for use in a rental operation would be outrageous. a friend of mine owned a couple of video stores and he said that movies which you could buy in the store for 20-30.00 cost him 100-150.00 PER copy. i would imagine CD's would be similar. plus, how would you make any money? very few people would pay to rent them, if anyone would. I've heard this too but i've also heard that redbox was buying dvd's from walmarts/targets when the studios shut them out of bulk purchases. First sale doctrine should apply I would think. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale···einstein
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Mchart First There. join:2004-01-21 Gurnee, IL	reply to c1590 said by c1590: You can rent my old collection of pogs while your at it. »www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETS5Txk_Sto -- THIS IS SPENCER. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - I HAVE JOE. RETURNING TO BASE.
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talz13 join:2006-03-15 Avon, OH	reply to AbBaZaBbA said by AbBaZaBbA: First sale doctrine should apply I would think. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale···einstein Not if the reversal on software first sale doctrine application holds up. They'll just make sure that you have a 'license' to play the music on the medium for personal listening, and make it illegal to sell it, just like AutoCAD is trying to do with their software...
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CoxTech1 VIP join:2002-04-25 Chesapeake, VA kudos:72	reply to dtheduke said by dtheduke: Sorry if this has been asked but it is a question i need to ask. Is it legal to open up a storefront and rent music CD'S like Blockbuster rents DVD'S. I have never seen any store like this where i live. Maybe there are stores like this but not in my state. Does the MPAA stop someone from doing this. I would like to know. I think you may encounter licensing issues attempting to do this. I remember once taking a big stack of old CD's to a local shop that deals in used CD's to sell. The manager quickly took my CD's and organized them into 2 stacks, one stack being those from BMG music club and the other stack no BMG. Then he pointed out on the BMG discs that they're specifically labeled "Not for resale" and therefore couldn't buy them. You might want to look at the licensing fine print on some of what you have now and see if there's any exclusions prohibiting rental. DVD's for example are usually contain fine print saying they're for private in-home use only.
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dentman42 Premium join:2001-10-02 Columbus, OH	said by CoxTech1: said by dtheduke: Sorry if this has been asked but it is a question i need to ask. Is it legal to open up a storefront and rent music CD'S like Blockbuster rents DVD'S. I have never seen any store like this where i live. Maybe there are stores like this but not in my state. Does the MPAA stop someone from doing this. I would like to know. I think you may encounter licensing issues attempting to do this. I remember once taking a big stack of old CD's to a local shop that deals in used CD's to sell. The manager quickly took my CD's and organized them into 2 stacks, one stack being those from BMG music club and the other stack no BMG. Then he pointed out on the BMG discs that they're specifically labeled "Not for resale" and therefore couldn't buy them. You might want to look at the licensing fine print on some of what you have now and see if there's any exclusions prohibiting rental. DVD's for example are usually contain fine print saying they're for private in-home use only. Funny. I have a few BMG CDs - they were all aquired used at one of those places... You can also obliterate the "not for resale" from the packaging and the disc (rubbing alcohol will usually remove labels from a disc).
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ROCINANTE Original Member 007 Premium join:1999-06-29 Hartsdale, NY	reply to drslash The business model does not work because the rental price is too close to the selling price. VHS rentals were successful because the price of tapes were $50 and above for many years. -- CRUNCH THIS!
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BoulderHill1 join:2004-07-15 Montgomery, IL Reviews: ·AT&T DSL Service	reply to dtheduke I would agree with many here that in todays world it would just not be a good business model. Back in the 80's there was video rental place here in my area that did rent CDs. This was '83-'84 era. At that time there was no means to copy CDs and there was no internet to obtain music through. In addition to CDs they also rented LaserDisc movies and of course VHS and Beta tapes. I would go there quite often and rent CD's and then record them to cassette for use in the car. Remember cassettes? I do not recall when they stopped this practice or when they went out of business. Seems to me it was probably late 80s or possibly early 90's. Anyway place is long gone now.
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skuv @rr.com	reply to dtheduke said by dtheduke: Does the MPAA stop someone from doing this. I would like to know. I'm going to say with 100% authority that the MPAA will not stop you from renting music CD's.
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