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This discussion is reminding me of a situation with one-star reviews on Amazon a couple of years back; the item in question was the DVD release of the second season of the 1960s-era TV show The Fugitive.
Fans of the show went ballistic because the musical scoring of the episodes was substantially replaced, and posted one-star reviews at Amazon (and other online outlets). This served as a great way to draw attention to the problem, and to get people to complain directly to the studio. The result was that the studio restored most of the original music and offered free replacement discs to anyone who sent in proof of purchase of the original set.
So pressure can work, and we consumers should use whatever legitimate avenues are open to us. One-star reviews--why not?
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