Written by Simone Ziggiotto, the 12/08/14
Amazon is also at odds with Disney, which has limited pre-orders for the upcoming home video releases. Similar clashes remember with Warner Home Video and the publisher Hachette.
Amazon has limited pre-orders of some Disney movies for an apparent dispute with another media giant. The option ‘Pre-order’ is not currently available at the online retailer for the physical copies (DVD and Blu-ray) of upcoming releases “The Muppets Most Wanted,” “Captain America: The Winter Sodlier”, “Maleficent” and “Million Dollar Arm “. However, pre-orders of the digital versions are available on Amazon Instant Video.
The situation is reminiscent of an apparent dispute between Amazon and Warner Home Video in which the pre-orders of the discs for “The Lego Movie”, “Transcendence” and “300: Rise of an Empire” have disappeared from the site all ‘beginning this summer. Amazon has not commented publicly on the situation, but it is thought that the move was intended to Amazon to put pressure on Warner to receive a higher commission on each sale.
NB: block of pre-orders for some Disney titles in homevideo applies only to Amazon.com, because on Amazon.it items are preordinabili.
Amazon has admitted to employ a similar strategy in an impasse on contract negotiations with the publishing house Hachette, in this case for the sale of books. Amazon said in May that it had restricted the sale of securities of the publisher, after which the two companies have not been able to agree on the terms and conditions mutually acceptable. Amazon has not said precisely the conditions proposed, but defended his move by saying that it is a legitimate tactic when there are ongoing negotiations.
Amazon and Hachette, the fourth largest publisher in the United States have been in a contract dispute over prices of e-books for several months. The conditions of their negotiations have not been made public, but it is believed that the problems stem from the desire for Amazon to have a higher percentage for each sale of e-books – 50 percent, not 30 percent as it is now – and the Hachette desire to fix the minimum price of e-books at $ 9.99.
The apparent conflict between Amazon and Disney was reported by HomeMediaMagazine . Cnet.com subsequently contacted Amazon and Disney to get a comment on the issue and the answers have not yet received.
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