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Posted by: Jason Tate (02/20/12)
The movie industry wants to try and out do the music industry in profiting from celebrity deaths.
From the ArticleI just went and talked to my main supervisor as to why the movie had been pulled and the reason it was pulled was the production company pulled the streaming rights from us because all the publicity after Whitney Houston’s passing there was an opportunity to make really a very large amount of money on the DVD sales of her movies. So they’re going to pull all the streaming titles we have of Whitney Houston so they can make more money off the DVD sales of her movies.

Update: Or maybe they're not so evil afterall...
 
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12:05 PM on 02/20/12
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Dolla dolla bills y'all
12:05 PM on 02/20/12
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some businessmen are the scum of the earth.
12:08 PM on 02/20/12
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It's gross but I'm not surprised
12:10 PM on 02/20/12
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Jesus Christ....
12:11 PM on 02/20/12
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They aren't 'scum' - this exactly the reason they get paid to do what they do. If I was in that position, the first thing I would suggest is pulling The Bodyguard. In fact, if you DIDNT you'd probably get fired. It's the way of the world. What Hollywood has to realize is that they continue to lose money at the box-office because of shitty remakes and bullshit and overpriced tickets. Word.

I'm still trying to profit most off my sealed copy of Thriller I found on vinyl.

This happens across ALL industries...sports, music, film, fucking magicians.

If you're dead, your shit is worth more.
12:12 PM on 02/20/12
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Not surprised at all. Fucking disgusting.
12:13 PM on 02/20/12
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assholes
12:13 PM on 02/20/12
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Dolla dolla bills y'all

This in Method Mans voice came to mind right after reading this.
12:15 PM on 02/20/12
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They aren't 'scum' - this exactly the reason they get paid to do what they do. If I was in that position, the first thing I would suggest is pulling The Bodyguard. In fact, if you DIDNT you'd probably get fired. It's the way of the world. What Hollywood has to realize is that they continue to lose money at the box-office because of shitty remakes and bullshit and overpriced tickets. Word.

I'm still trying to profit most off my sealed copy of Thriller I found on vinyl.

This happens across ALL industries...sports, music, film, fucking magicians.

If you're dead, your shit is worth more.
Bums me out there's a generation coming up that thinks this is the right way to do business.
12:17 PM on 02/20/12
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This isn't as shitty as when they raised the prices of her songs on iTunes. Now if they pulled it from Netflix AND jacked up the DVD price, THAT would be super shitty.
12:18 PM on 02/20/12
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They say they never really miss you till you're dead or you're gone...
12:19 PM on 02/20/12
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Bums me out there's a generation coming up that thinks this is the right way to do business.

That's not what I said. It's more what's expected, which I agree is sad. That's why I'm not in business. My morality is too high to actually do something like this. To propose it, even if it's expected, says something about yourself. We shouldn't expect anything else from corporate business...or should we?
12:19 PM on 02/20/12
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i've got a bone to pick with capitalism and a few to break
12:21 PM on 02/20/12
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They say they never really miss you till you're dead or you're gone...

Exactly
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