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" Much has been made of the elimination of the physical store in the Netflix model, but the real breakthrough lay in convincing patrons to manage all of their rental choices well in advance of the moment of delivery. By shifting from a store full of movies waiting to be checked out to a “queue” of customer requests that would be steadily filled, Netflix gained the ability to efficiently manage its inventory and anticipate demand across a nation of viewers. Licensing agreements for mainstream blockbusters allowed Netflix to print additional copies of DVDs as needed (while sending the movie studio a set fee per transaction, a la RentTrak), while the back catalog of DVDs owned by Netflix was managed much more efficiently than any video store could – as soon as a movie was returned, it could immediately be sent out to the next customer in line, spending far less time idle on the shelf."" A strategy presentation recently posted online by CEO Reed Hastings estimates that the business of shipping physical DVDs via mail only has a few more years left before being entirely overtaken by online streaming of movies direct to TVs, computers, phones and tablets. Thus, Netflix is working to shift its resources toward its already-successful streaming options, which represent the purest form yet of the licensing model; users who pay a particular monthly rate are entitled to stream a specific number of hours of video per month, and every viewing of a movie by a Netflix user results in a payment to the rightsholder."

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"(NOTE: A librarian hat gives one the appearance of a severe bun, but it’s actually a wireless headset and bunkum detector)"

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