| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 742 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nope, the indication for a rental edition does not have to be on the front cover, like a banner. As a matter of fact, that's rarely the case, at least in Germany it's far more common to indicate this on the back-cover, partially in the fine print. seems like the distribution studios don't want to mess up the cover artwork. I also think that even without any mention of the rental status on the box, it should be entered if it's a fact. Sometimes the indication for the rental status is priinted on the DVD itself, sometimes it is a title card shown before the menu starts. Distributors come up with all kinds of ideas as where to put this piece of information. Most of the times, the rental editions do carry their own unique UPC, but some distributors don't assign special rental UPCs. A few months ago I tried to draft a rule for these, it can be found hereMaybe someone could copy all that to here, if it's useful. I think that a lot of reasons FOR this addition to the program are explained in the draft. | | | | Lutz |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Repter: Quote:
First a question: if you would enter the Edition as being a rental version, surely it must be because the box says on the front it's a rental version ? E.g. I have Chronicles of Riddick which mentions in a huge banner 'Rental Version'. That one went into the Edition. I recently bought new (!) a DVD and at home noticed in a small box on the back 'for rental only'. Well, as it is not on the front, I just don't enter an Edition.
The edition doesn't have to be on the front - from the rules: Quote:
take it from the DVD box So as long as it's obvious, it can be on the front, back or spine. |
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