Re:They should provide insurance? (Score 1)

Fine, I'll bite. Yes DVD's are often just "icing" long after the initial investment is made back. But you're conviently leaving out the fact that even that intitial "making it back" cost tons less than the CD equivalent. Going to theater: 8 bucks, Getting Raped By Ticket Master: 20-120 bucks. Sure live concerts cost more to put on (though the thirty reels of film need to put The Two Toweres in three theaters at your local megaplex isn't something to shirk at either) but not that order of magnitude more.

Further, your comparison forgets DTV releases which often have multi-million dollar SFX budgets as well. There is no theatrical release for these movies, and these are often available for 10-15 bucks.