Aries,
Whether or not the producers of Jewish music are honest in their own business dealings does not affect whether or not the rental agreement works or not. It’s really an irrelevant point. Besides, I have no reason to suspect them more than anybody else.
Shwekey can charge a thousand dollars to rent a CD for one day if he wants. He has absolutely no requirement to fit into Blockbuster’s price structure; you can choose not to rent it if you wish. If he did so, of course, he wouldn’t make any money, but that’s his problem. In fact, though, if you read the rental agreement, the terms are such that if you don’t copy it, the CD will actually remain in your possesion in perpetuity (the terms for return are structured as to make it virtually impossible to ever come to fruition).
I already made my argument that the buyer is aware that there’s a rental and that the producer is makpid on copying, and the consumer can choose to see the agreement if he wants.
There are some possible arguments to question the validity of the rental, but I haven’t yet seen them brought up here.