Licensing Your Consumer Rights I

Have you ever noticed that DVDs produced by specialty boutiques (examples being Criterion and Anchor Bay) often don't have the myriad of warnings (FBI, Interpol) that plague major studio releases? That's suspiciously pro-consumer. Where's Joe McCarthy when you need him? Dead? Then bring me zombie Joe McCarthy.

These unskippable warnings have become so ubiquitous to become analogous to commercial breaks, allowing you to pop in your DVD and then get any food, adjust lighting while you wait for the menu to arrive. God forbid the product you purchased to not treat you like a criminal for legally obtaining it rather than download it illegally, perhaps through a torrent. Sorry did I say buy? That implies ownership, I meant to say license. Obviously.