The Availabilty column was in the queue from the first day I got there which was 2000 or 2001. That's a clear indication of a limited number of copies, because if they were making copies as needed then all disks would have the same level of availability.
what people are objecting to is netflix's redlining the heavier users, not the issue of actual availability of dvds. if they are offering different levels of service, they should have said it up front, and maybe had a price differential.
they advertised one type of service and provided a lower-level service.
Assuming this is the case, then "my bad, I apologize."
But please note, I never, ever asserted that Netflix, etc. "SHOULD" violate their agreements with the movie publishers, or any other law.