Amazon Vs. The WB

[cresent34]

I have this strange feeling of déjà..vu:

Amazon.com has stopped taking DVD preorders for upcoming Warner Bros. Home Video releases, including the studio’s recent hit “The Lego Movie,” as the companies wrangle over contract terms.

Pages on Amazon for several Warners DVD titles — “The Lego Movie” (set to release on Blu-ray and DVD June 17); “300: Rise of an Empire” (June 24); “Winter’s Tale” (June 24); and “Transcendence” (July 22) — no longer offer customers an option to purchase them. The pages include the message: “Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.”

The standoff appears similar to Amazon’s public fight with Hachette Book Group, with the ecommerce giant delaying shipments of the publisher’s titles by up to four weeks and not taking preorders. Hachette last week announced it was laying off 3% of its employees as the dispute with Amazon drags on.

More here:

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[whoistheshadownow]

Now that's strange - because I have the LEGO Movie on pre-order on amazon.co.uk, and according to the site today you can still pre-order it...

[cresent34]

Just checked on my amazon app and it reads "currently unavailable".

No pre-order button, no explanation, nothing. I'll be very surprised if they even fulfill the ones they alersdy have before this occurred.