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This is so like freakin Marvel man. This totally stinks!
According to a letter to retailers posted on his companys website by GIT Corp President Raymond K. Pelosi, GIT will no longer offer Marvel comic books on DVD-ROM. The question of how the collections would work in conjunction with Marvels new online comics initiative had been raised by many fans when the publishers plan was announced. Over the years, GIT had released collections of Marvel titles from Fantastic Four to Amazing Spider-Man, the X-Men, Avengers, and more. Popular with many fans, the issues in the GIT collections were scanned in copies, presented in pdf format. Utilizing the technology, GIT would collect decades worth of issues on single DVDs.
On the upside, the company announced that it has signed a similar deal with Archie Comics, and will begin releasing DVDs of Archie material in early 2008.
Pelosis letter reads:
November 15, 2007
Dear Loyal Customers and Retailers,
It brings me grief to inform you that Marvel Entertainment has chosen not to renew our licensee contract and effective 01/01/2008, GIT Corp. will no longer have the rights to develop, manufacture and distribute Marvel comic books in digital format on DVD-ROM. Marvel has chosen to take an alternate approach on digital format for their comic books, which is to place them online at marvel.com for a monthly fee of $9.99 and annual fee of $59.88 respectively. This service with not allow you the end user to physically own these publications; they are only readable from their website and not downloadable. Which means you are now only renting these publications, and when you choose to unsubscribe to this service, you will no longer have any access or own any of these great publications.
GIT Corp. has a limited stock of these fine titles and when they are all gone, they are gone forever. I suggest you purchase any and all titles you have not collected yet, so when they are gone, you will have a complete collection that you will be able to cherish for many years to come, to pass down to your children and their children,
and their childrens children..
Please feel free to voice your opinion at: Greedy bunghole Marvel feedback Page
On a good note, GIT Corp. will be signing a (3) year license agreement with Archie Entertainment, which will allow us to bring all your favorite characters like Archie, Reggie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica titles to digital with our first release scheduled in February 2008.
GIT Corp will be releasing our last (2) new titles in December 2007, Civil War The Complete Collection, and House of M The Complete Collection.
GIT Corp. will continue to work with comic book publishers across the country to bring to you, our loyal customers and retailer as many digital titles as possible.
Thank you for your loyalty and support in our products over the past (5) years, and we at GIT Corp. will continually stride to earn that loyalty and support for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Graphic Imaging Technology Inc.
Raymond K. Pelosi
President & CEO
According to a letter to retailers posted on his companys website by GIT Corp President Raymond K. Pelosi, GIT will no longer offer Marvel comic books on DVD-ROM. The question of how the collections would work in conjunction with Marvels new online comics initiative had been raised by many fans when the publishers plan was announced. Over the years, GIT had released collections of Marvel titles from Fantastic Four to Amazing Spider-Man, the X-Men, Avengers, and more. Popular with many fans, the issues in the GIT collections were scanned in copies, presented in pdf format. Utilizing the technology, GIT would collect decades worth of issues on single DVDs.
On the upside, the company announced that it has signed a similar deal with Archie Comics, and will begin releasing DVDs of Archie material in early 2008.
Pelosis letter reads:
November 15, 2007
Dear Loyal Customers and Retailers,
It brings me grief to inform you that Marvel Entertainment has chosen not to renew our licensee contract and effective 01/01/2008, GIT Corp. will no longer have the rights to develop, manufacture and distribute Marvel comic books in digital format on DVD-ROM. Marvel has chosen to take an alternate approach on digital format for their comic books, which is to place them online at marvel.com for a monthly fee of $9.99 and annual fee of $59.88 respectively. This service with not allow you the end user to physically own these publications; they are only readable from their website and not downloadable. Which means you are now only renting these publications, and when you choose to unsubscribe to this service, you will no longer have any access or own any of these great publications.
GIT Corp. has a limited stock of these fine titles and when they are all gone, they are gone forever. I suggest you purchase any and all titles you have not collected yet, so when they are gone, you will have a complete collection that you will be able to cherish for many years to come, to pass down to your children and their children,
and their childrens children..
Please feel free to voice your opinion at: Greedy bunghole Marvel feedback Page
On a good note, GIT Corp. will be signing a (3) year license agreement with Archie Entertainment, which will allow us to bring all your favorite characters like Archie, Reggie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica titles to digital with our first release scheduled in February 2008.
GIT Corp will be releasing our last (2) new titles in December 2007, Civil War The Complete Collection, and House of M The Complete Collection.
GIT Corp. will continue to work with comic book publishers across the country to bring to you, our loyal customers and retailer as many digital titles as possible.
Thank you for your loyalty and support in our products over the past (5) years, and we at GIT Corp. will continually stride to earn that loyalty and support for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Graphic Imaging Technology Inc.
Raymond K. Pelosi
President & CEO
