Copyright Laws?

Question

I want need to increas sales for my home based business I currently own 1,000 dvds I bought threw retail outlets in my area and I was thinking if I started a website that I could host all my dvds on and any customer that buys my product I will give them access to watch my movies for free for 30 days or for a year whatever. this is like a free gift if you buy my product at reqular price.

Now if I do this for my customers only is their any copyright laws involved and if their is no way around them does anyone know were I can buy movie title that I legally can show for free.

Answer 1

You cannot broadcast videos you purchased for home use by any means, including online. It is illegal without paying the licensing fee, which you would have to negotiate with the distributor of each title.

Answer 2

This is a major copyright violation. You only have a license to watch the DVDs in private and not for profit. The license does NOT allow you to broadcast (free or for profit) the DVD to others. The only way to do this is to get a license from the studio that produced the movie which will cost major money.

Answer 3

You definitely have copy right infringement problems. You would have to contact the party which produced each DVD and work a deal with them to do what you want to do. Since this would be in conflict with their other marketing directions it is unlikely that they would be willing to do this. Even if they were, it is likely to be too expensive for what you want to do.