On 13 Jan 97, Kit Ballantyne wrote to John Giannini:
 ->> True.  But copyright has nothing to do with my situation.
 KB> I must disagree with your above statement. Copyright has EVERYTHING to
 KB> do with what you are doing. Disney owns the films. They made the films.
 KB> they have all the rights to the films. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Look it up.
 KB> It means that they AND ONLY THEY can handle the films anyway they like.
 KB> No one else has that right.
KIT:
I have read all of your messages replying to my messages.  I am not going to 
get into things with you again, nor reply to those messages specifically.  
You are wrong in the above paragraph.  I said it before, I say it now.  Want 
PROOF?  Although I am not being paid to be your teacher or to educate you, I 
will give you an opportunity to find out for yourself.
I called DISNEY today to ask the question myself.  I was told that once 
someone purchases a tape from a retail source or whatever, it is theirs to do 
with as they wish.  In fact, I was told that the studio is well aware that 
MANY people stockpile movies before they go on moratorium solely to sell them 
later on when they go up in value, and that is fine with them, and it 
violates NO copyright of any kind.  Indeed, the studio ENCOURAGES this!
OK, so here is my PUBLIC CHALLENGE to you.  In front of God and everyone on 
this echo.  Call CARLA at 1-800-723-4763.  She works for customer/client 
support and sales for Buena Vista.  (It's also the number for Disney Customer 
Service).  She told me point blank that what I have been posting concerning 
this matter is 100% correct.  I detailed for her what your view was, and she 
confirmed you were 100% wrong.  And as I said, she even confirmed that it is 
completely legal to buy as many copies of a Disney title as one wants for the 
purposes of resale later.  The studio is well aware this is widely practiced, 
and to them it's fine.  It's just more sales for them during the window of 
time the movies are in release, so they're all for it.
CALL HER.  I expect a public apology in this echo within a week.  And an end 
to this discussion.
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