EXTENDING COPYRIGHT MISUSE TO AN AFFIRMATIVE CAUSE OF ACTION.

The winter holidays are fast approaching. You anticipate gathering with family and friends. As you shop for groceries in preparation for the congenial holiday atmosphere, you notice an interesting red machine located near the supermarket's exit. At first, it appears to be a soda machine. Upon further investigation, you discover that the machine is a movie rental kiosk operated by Redbox Automated Retail. The idea of renting some of the blockbuster hits you might have missed this past summer appeals to you. You browse through the selection of movies and recall that you missed "Public Enemies," so you select that title. The screen blinks "Title Unavailable." You experience the same result when you select "Harry Potter: The Half-blood Prince" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." These three titles are distributed, respectively, by Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, and Twentieth-Century Fox studios [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]