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Universal to Offer its Movies Online
JoseAugusto writes "From IMDB: 'Universal expects to be able to offer movies online by the end of the year or early next year, company chairman and CEO Bob Wright said Tuesday. Speaking at a conference on piracy in London, Wright described the studio's entry into online movie services as 'something we have to do.' However, he cautioned, the studio's entry into the Internet sphere must be accompanied by fail-safe methods to prevent the films from being copied and redistributed. 'These movies are so expensive, we have to be careful,' he said.'"
It a cat. I also have this bag. Notice that the cat is not inside the bag.
"the studio's entry into the Internet sphere must be accompanied by fail-safe methods to prevent the films from being copied and redistributed."
.mp4s?
Apple DRM'd
A B A C A B B
"I'm proud to have one of the most extensive Christian rock sections that I know of"
If I were you I'd post as an AC too!
If one of those movies were to make its way onto a P2P network, God forbid, the results would be disasterous...
:q!
Guys, everyone calm the hell down. This clearly is NOT from the RIAA as numerous posts have claimed. Just listen to the lines he has used. Look at the evidence.
But now, this dream is turning into a nightmare.
Isn't this missing a "Dun dun duuhn!" sound effect?
"Dude, I'm going to put this CD on the Internet right away."
"Yeah, dude, that's really lete [sic], you'll get lots of respect."
Clearly, the kids are getting a l33t Christian rock CD, like all video gamers. Totally Xtreme (too extreme for an E) dood!.
They have fought the War on Drugs with skill, so why not the War on Piracy?
+1 irony
This evening, my daughters asked me. "Why do the other kids laugh at us?"
I wanted to tell them the truth - it's because they wear old clothes and have cheap haircuts. I can't afford anything better for them right now.
Corny lines... come on people, you must be feeling who is behind this silly post by now. It is at the tip of your tongue...
When my girls ask me questions like that, I feel like my heart is being wrenched out of my chest.
Dramatic pause... come on people, you KNOW who wrote this.
I just shook my head, and tried to hold back the tears. "I don't know, Jenny. I don't know."
If this doesn't give away who wrote this, NOTHING will. Even the RIAA could not come up with such a cliche and corney line. There is only ONE culprete he could dredge up such a crappy plot with terrible dialoge. Hollywood! That is right, even the RIAA couldn't write such a horrible piece of fiction. Either that, or the RIAA hired out the guy who wrote Alien Vs Preditor to write this touching piece.
(psst, this is +1 funny mods)
Yeah, what use is a music player that only runs vi? Bah! ;-) :%s/music/video/g :wq!
they should make more films that rely on plot and qualities other than expensive special effects.
Something cheaper that would appease more people? Wait, increasing revenue and decreasing expenses? That doesn't sound like too sound of a business plan. Why don't they sue their customers instead?
This will be known as Mutual Assured DRM.
Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)
http://www.lawrenceperson.com/
This may be a troll, but it's a hilarious one.
- In a store that prides itself on Christian and family values, the store owner is pulling aside teenagers and calling them "little shit" and "bitch."
- It's funny, I don't recall piracy being a family value, and I'm pretty sure there's something written on a stone tablet about it too. Rather ironic that a store catering to people who like to think of themselves as more moral and pure than the rest of us would go under because their family/Christian customers are STEALING music.
Thanks for the laugh.
"It's something we have to do, but it has to be done well," Wright said "These movies are so expensive we have to be careful ..."
Rough translation:
Every time you pirate, Bob DRMs a movie.
Please, think of the movies!
But seriously, it does sound a bit more lax than the SUE50rz!!1!onetwothree method that another group likes to use. (*sigh* they still call CI "theft"...)
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Those hypocritical Christians again! Making trouble for the rest of us.
Don't they know the 11 Commandments? Thou shalt not infringe!!!!
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. - James Madison
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
You forgot about the part where Bob makes you watch twenty minutes of ads before he puts out.
Does it run on Linux?
The Farewell Tour II
Dear God, why wait so long? I want Serenity now.
$ whatis themeaningoflife
themeaningoflife: not found
wookie from the planet Kashyyyk...
HAND.