How/where do video rental distribution companies (i.e. Blockbuster, Netflix)
get their videos?  What kind of licensing is involved, and through
whom, to gain rights to rent videos and DVD's to the public?

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 14 Oct 2004 11:23 PDT

beth02r6-ga:

As you'll see from this page on the Video Software Dealers Association
website, there is no licensing required to rent out legally purchased
copies of videos and DVDs:

http://www.vsda.org/Resource.phx/vsda/government/victories.htx

Can you clarify whether your question is focused on what steps might
be necessary to set up a new video rental store, or is your question
driven by some other need?

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 14 Oct 2004 11:23 PDT

Please note that my above RFC is specific to the US marketplace.

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Clarification of Question by beth02r6-ga on 17 Oct 2004 14:19 PDT

Question is focused on what steps might be necessary to set up a new
video rental store.  Thank you!