| 摘要 |
A video-on-demand method for a system that is not an audiovisual control entity, comprising: negotiating a different respective contract with each of one or more audiovisual control entities, wherein the respective contract with each of the one or more respective audiovisual control entities obtains a right with respect to each of a plurality of audiovisual works controlled by the respective audiovisual control entity, to offer a sale of a hard copy of the respective audiovisual work only when coupled with a substantially immediate viewing of the respective audiovisual work; receiving electronically information indicating a sale to a subscriber of the hard copy of the respective audiovisual work coupled with the substantially immediate viewing of the respective audiovisual work; generating an electronic record of the sale; and sending an instruction to a fulfillment entity to send a hard copy of the respective audiovisual work to the subscriber.
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