Cool, do you have to subscribe to IMDB?  On IMDB's site, it says they charge a minimum $15,000 licensing fee.  I don't even want to know what the maximum is.  What are your thoughts on this, and if you wouldn't mind sharing how much you're paying a year, or if you were able to negotiate a deal being a startup.

Yes, but I don't know about this, and how "safe" this would be.  DuckDuckGo is a brilliant search engine, nonetheless.

Is it safe to not pay them?  I'm just wondering if they'll come after you later on. It's just scary to think that IMDB has charged some sites this amount, even if they make it back.  I don't know what sites pay the licensing fee.