Universal to Offer its Movies Online

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 5, 2005 @03:36PM from the download-them-all dept.

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.'"

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Slashdot Slow by CajunLuke · 2005-10-05 16:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Is it just me, or is Slashdot extremely slow since the upgrade? I was holding my tongue, figuring it was passing, but after this page took literally five minutes to load on my T1 university connection, I figured I ought to speak out. I'm using Safari 2.0.1 (412.5) on Mac OS X 10.4.2 on a 1.33 GHz iBook.

Shiira and Firefox are slightly faster, and Opera and Camino are both asininely slow. I'm not even bothering to try IE.