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.'"

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Gosh

[lewp]

Ain't that sweet of 'em?

Preaching to the choir

[birge]

This is probably redundant here, but I'm SO sick of hearing the media companies bitch about how expensive it is to make movies. Total bullshit. They make a profit on EVERY movie, even the bad ones. (This is after all formats are accounted for.) What kind of goddam industry do you make money even when you royally fuck up? They can kiss my ass. They should try living in an industry with a real market where you pay for your failures.

For some reason, once a media company is big enough, they can ram pricing down our throats ($10 for a movie, commercials included, no matter how good or bad the movie) and they control so much distribution that even Water World made money. So, I have no sympathy for them. God, I hate MBA weenies. They have such a perverted and mercenary view of the world.

Ah, I feel better now. Thanks.