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'Harry Potter' Offered (Legitimately) on the Net

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

Skyshadow writes "Warner Brothers is distributing several movies, including Harry Potter and Mars Attacks via the internet. The price is the same as I pay for Pay-Per-View from my satellite provider ($3.99 for a 24 license), and the movies are in the area of 700 megs. I'm sure that movies on demand will eventually take off as a legitimate and feasible distribution method, but given that a vast majority of US households are without broadband, is this an idea before its time?"

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  1. Definitely before its time by number_man · · Score: 4, Funny

    I figure it would take me about, oh, 24 hours to download a movie...

  2. Does this run on !Windows? by vidnet · · Score: 2, Funny
    The studio said a key factor in allowing people to download digital copies of its films was CinemaNow's anti-piracy technology, supplied by Microsoft Corp.

    New studies indicate that Linux users never buy movies online, showing once and for all that linux users are evil h4x0rz who steal for fun and torture puppies. More at 11.

    (I'd go check the site myself, but I don't have a flash plugin for my browser so I was stuck on the front page)