Ranting to /dev/null

Actually, yeah, it is probably legal

I just finished talking with my law prof about the Wal-Mart situation. He pointed out that unless Wal-Mart is acting in concert with other buyers of DVDs, the unilateral actions of a single merchant are not actionable unless one can show that they are done with the intent to monopolize. As Wal-Mart is far from a monopoly in DVD sales, their actions probably do not fall under anti-competition statutes.

Blockbuster, Netflix, etc. may benefit from Wal-Mart's actions, but unless they work with Wal-Mart to try and keep Apple out of the market, there is no foul.