Why can i buy, but not rent, certain movies on apple tv?

I rented Batman Begins last night with no problems and then thought I'd watch The Dark Knight tonight but it's only available to buy, not to rent. I understand that some movies are restricted based on the requirements of the distributor but it seems strange to block The Dark Knight but not Batman Begins from rental. Any advice or work-arounds gratefully recieved. I'm in Australia, if that makes a difference.

This is becoming more and more common. My take on it is that the studios have only just started to understand the ramifications of the Apple TV model. They're losing money because Apple TV makes it so easy to rent a movie, and then rent it a second time IF you wish to, and so people are less inclined to buy (I know for certain this is true for me, so I assume that other people have started adopting this behaviour too). So what seems to be happening is that when a movie is first released it's rentable and then later when you go back to look for it again it's suddenly purchase-only. Also, I've noticed that some movies that did poor box office but got great reviews, are mysteriously 'rental only'. I suspect this is an effort to try and recoup some money from their crummy marketing decisions.
And they wonder why they have a problem with piracy.

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