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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 2, 2009

DVD Policies Raise Antitrust Issues

Several major movie studios have made moves to shore up falling DVD sales - but are they courting antitrust complaints in the process?

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Several major movie studios have made moves to shore up falling DVD sales - but are they courting antitrust complaints in the process?

Low-cost rental company Redbox Automated Retail has already filed separate antitrust lawsuits against three studios that have implemented blackout periods of about a month during which the Illinois-based rental company has to wait for newly release...

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