Disney to Make Movies Available Online

musiholic writes "Disney has cut a deal with Movielink to make various Disney (and Disney subsidary) films available for 30-day paid downloads. Users can watch the film an unlimited amount of times before the movie expires. The movies requre Real Player or WMP."

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WRONG, Mr. Poster

[Nom du Keyboard]

Users can watch the film an unlimited amount of times before the movie expires.

RTFA. Users can watch the movie an unlimited number of times within a 24 period that must commence within 30 days of the movie download. Not at all the same thing.

The real kicker here is that it would cost Disney NOTHING more to make it unlimited viewable for the whole 30 days, and then it would be a heck of a deal. Instead they're still penny-pinching.

I'm Too Lazy for Movielink

[IHateEverybody]

From the Movielink page:

Thank you for your interest in Movielink. We want you to take part in the powerful Internet movie rental experience that Movielink delivers; however, you currently do not meet our minimum system requirements. You will need to adjust the following:

* You need Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher - Upgrade Now

I had Mozilla open at the time and have never really liked IE. I think I'll just stick to Usenet, Kazaa, and Bittorrent for now. They don't ask me to change my web browser.

Band width is is question.

[ratfynk]

Ok so the .Net guys are succeeding in degrading the real value of the internet. Lets see Xbox, Music files, Movies. The price of band width is bound to go up, not down. The economics just are not there sorry.

Local ISPs, Universities, and .orgs will not be able to afford to buy a big enough pipe WIFI or not. The bandwidth cost of so called entertainment for the masses will put an end to the good part of the net. Band width for OSS and things like Univerity knowledge data bases will become too expensive. Many sunsites are already putting in band width limiters, I have noticed a considerable drop in speed, already. Microsoft has it right with bread and circus software, the trouble is the bread part is a hoax, and all pipes will send cash to Redmond.