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Peerflix Launches P2P DVD Sharing Service

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-cat dept.

Dotnaught writes "Peerflix has offically launched, ending a 12 month beta test. The company manages the peer-to-peer trading of physical DVDs (with CDs and videogames coming soon) by mail. As the article in InformationWeek suggests, while such trades may be legal under the first-sale doctrine of U.S. Copyright Act, content owners won't be pleased -- discs are easy to copy and there's ample precedent to suggest users will dupe discs before trading them."

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  1. I was just looking at this yesterday... by squatex · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I found it during some googling and thought it looked interesting. I just had a couple concerns.
    Has anyone here actually used it? Is there any kind of quality control standards handed down and enforced on its users? How can I be sure I will get the disc I expect in good condition?