-> > They'd like to change that. Remember DIVX? The
-> > "pay per viewing" DVD-like gizmo? When you bought
-> > a disk, you got some number of "free" viewings.
-> > But only on *your* machine. Try playing it on a
-> > friend's and you had to use a credit card to pay
-> > for it and "authorize" it.
->  
->  That's interesting -- I hadn't heard of that
->  specific one before. Here's another example along
->  those lines.

That one frotunatly died it's deserved Death. 
But the Pheonix Rises again. This time it is in the From of "Self
Destructing" DVD's. They come in a sealed container. When the Container
is opened the Air starts the decaying chemical action. you have some
many days to view the DVD before it is no longer playable. 
All this is about the Cost of Re-Stocking Rental DVD's in Stores.
By eliminating that cost the The Price of the Rental goes down(Not
really Likely) or the Profit Goes UP!!!
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