the problem with doing things legally…

I am a horror movie junkie.
my whole family knows this. my parents had to put up with me watching movie after movie in my room growing up. Can you imagine how they felt when company came over, only to be greeted by the horrifying screams of young campers coming from my room. the sounds of chainsaws and breaking bones… blood squirting everywhere… i would imagine our guests felt a little uneasy…
i havent had a chance to watch the new Friday the 13th movie… so you can image the excitment i felt when i unwrapped a copy of Friday the 13th killer cut this christmas.
the DVD came with a downloadable Digital copy, which i thought was cool because i could put it on the hard drive in my car and not have to carry the movie around with me.

so i followed the instructions to download the digital copy…
#1 Go to www.wbdigitalcopy.com/fridaythe13th
#2 When prompted enter the authorization code below.
C2XMTTK63V92
#3 Follow the instructions to download your movie.

once i got to the site my dreams of a legal digital copy were crushed… i was greeted by this message

AN EXPIRATION DATE?!?! Why the fuck would a digital copy offer expire?

i did some digging and found out that the digital copy offer expired on Sept 10th 2009. this information wasnt on the DVD case… it was buried in the fine print of the Digital Copy insert.
whats more is the DVD wasnt released until June 10th 2009… which means the Digital Copy offer was only valid for 3 months!

Why do movie companies fuck everything up? Warner Brothers have hyped up the Digital Copy as a way to fight piracy… they say that if given the option customers will choose the legal download over a pirated download… and that is true… if the legal download is available.

i contacted WBDC customer support to voice my concerns…
the rep said:
rep: im sorry sir that offer has expired, unfortunatly there is no way for you to get a digital copy now.
Me: Wanna bet?