Wolfe Video have launched a Anti-Piracy Fight campaign and MySoCalledGayLife.com has received questions from our European readers and amazingly it's one question that they have in common. It's not only LGBT related question, but it applies to mainstream movies as well.

Pay for Play

Dear Wolf Video’s and partners of Wolfe’s Anti-Piracy Fight,

Why can’t European LGBT Community buy Wolfe Video’s on iTunes ?

It’s Wolfe Video that has decided to NOT sell their movies through iTunes in Europe and the question should be easy to answer.

Why ? have Wolfe Video and Hollywood decided that movies shouldn’t be sold through iTunes in Europe. (The LGBT Community is bigger than USA LGBT community). How should European LGBT Community to Pay for Play, when you have decided not to sell ?

And don’t come with the bulls**t about regions as excuse, we have heard it all before and everyone is tired of it.  You know the decision lays in your hands !

MySoCalledGayLife.com will publish your response. but we will not hold our breath for good news and a great response from Wolfe or other movie film distributors.

Sorry to be hash, but it’s needed to wake you up!

Response from Wolf

Jenni Olson from Wolf answers :

Thanks for your post asking about European access to Wolfe films on iTunes. Sorry to tell you but this is not a decision that lies in the hands of Wolfe. Rather this is dealt with by the individual filmmakers and producers themselves who make distribution deals by territory. Most of the time Wolfe is licensing for North America while other distributors handle Europe, the UK, etc.

Of course we would love to be licensing those rights and selling to iTunes Europe. Unfortunately, it is not in our hands.

I can understand your frustration.

I hope you also understand why LGBT filmmakers are frustrated with the illegal downloading and file-sharing of their creative work.

Thanks very much for your thoughtful inquiry on the topic. It sounds like there is an enormous demand for access to LGBT films in Europe that is not being sufficiently met by existing distributors. I hope some ambitious entrepreneur will step forward to meet this need.

All the best

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