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MovieLink 2004's Top Film Download Service, So Far

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the of-the-legal-variety-that-is dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NPD Group has released some research on the fledgling pay digital movie download services. Numbers for the first half of this year show MovieLink as number one with a third of total users followed by MovieFlix with 13% of the market. It's a very small market though, with purchases equalling only 0.3% of the total movie market (and nowhere near the numbers of those trading on the free P2P services). Also of note, 80% of users are male and the top films purchased are sci-fi and fantasy."

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  1. Re:What about... by AoT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its not the services that are illegal, its what everyone's doing on them.

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  2. Internet Explorer Only by zapf · · Score: 5, Informative
    Looks like I won't be switching to Movelink soon. BitTorrent doesn't have the same nasty requirement.
    Sorry, but in order to enjoy the Movielink service you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, which supports certain technologies we utilize for downloading movies. Click here to get the latest version of Internet Explorer.

    We do not anticipate supporting Mozilla or Netscape in the near future.
    They're probably trying to install Gator onto my machine anyways...
    1. Re:Internet Explorer Only by adrew · · Score: 5, Informative

      I got a different one using Safari on OS X 10.3.4.

      "Sorry, but in order to enjoy the Movielink service you must have Windows 98/SE, ME, 2000 or XP, which support certain technologies we utilize for downloading movies.

      We do not anticipate supporting Mac or Linux in the near future."

  3. That shit is stupid. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pay anywhere between $1.99 and $4.99 so that you can use your own bandwidth to download a movie. You have ONE 24 hour window to watch the movie. You can't burn it to DVD. You have to pay to watch it again after the window is over.

    Netflix is a better deal.

    LK

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