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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Re:Gosh

[patio11]

Yeah, I'm sure Slashdotters have all stopped downloading MP3s now that iTunes has cornered that market legally with minimal DRM and a cost which is a fraction of the old CD prices.

Right guys? No pirates here?

Expensive Movies

[NetSerf2000]

who wants to take a bet they they will be releasing all the flops on their online service first at about $20.00US a pop...

and you can only watch the downloaded file twice before it deletes itself and you have to fork out more money to download another copy.

I think that I would prefer to go to the movies with a camcorder and see a movie I really like :)