New Movie Download Pay Service

SailorBob writes " After nearly two years in production, Hollywood-backed Movielink is giving the green light to its online movie rental service. The Web site, a joint project of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros., will debut Monday with a limited selection of first-run and classic films from the five major motion pictures studios, in a test of the technology to select U.S. residents. Though the film studios have licensed content to other video-on-demand sites, it is the first time they've introduced a service of their own. Of course, just like the new music services, this is also only available to US residents. "

Comments

Only option???

[Dot.Com.CEO]

I am sorry, but your lame self-justifying comment is completely offensive to everybody out there who buys their DVDs. You went out and bought a divx pirate movie from your local pirate and you try to justify yourself by saying "well, I would have watched it through the net if they let me, but since the don't, well, I bought a stolen version.

You could very well have bought the dvd at amazon.co.uk. It would have been there in a couple of days, a couple of weeks, whatever. You could have gone to the local equivalent of Blockbuster and rent it. The fact is you chose to steal it, and then you later found a justification for it.

Now, stealing was not your only option, was it?

Re:Microsoft Windows only

[blazerw11]

A large % of the 90+% are still running Win95. Don't tell me they aren't. I'm helping a Luser install SBC/Yahoo DSL and he only has Win95. They don't support it. However, without my help, he'd never upgrade as most user don't.

Re:It's so convenient!

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you ignorant or just plain dumb?