From the article:
When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.
these are already thin profit margins, and its incredibly event-sensitive, like holidays. this sounds financially painful
So, like usual, DRM only fucked the people trying to play by the rules.
watch a literal half hour of ads and then maybe, if you’re very lucky, you get to watch the movie you paid for.
Why show up on time? Most theaters have assigned seats now. Just show up 20 minutes after start time.
The marvels of intellectual property
Remember when they started infecting people’s computers with rootkits?
capitalist efficiency at its very best
Death to America
Sony is a Japanese corporation
Japan is an American corporation
You joke, but Japan hasn’t even been allowed to have their own military since WWII. They barely are a separate nation.
1st Jan? Smells like an expired certificate somewhere in whatever chain of DRM bullshit they use.