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Classic TV for Free Download

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the companies-with-perfect-security dept.

way2trivial writes to tell us the New York Times is reporting that Warner Brothers will have over 100 classic TV shows available for free download with a 1-2 minutes of commercials per episode. From the article: "There is a catch. To use the technology, viewers will have to agree to participate in a special file-sharing network. This approach helps AOL reduce the cost of distributing-high quality video files by passing portions of the video files from one user's computer to another. AOL says that since it will control the network, it can protect users from the sorts of viruses and spyware that infect other peer-to-peer systems."

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  1. I suspect AOL's attempted p2p network control... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...will look a lot like that classic Lucy in the Bonbon factory episode I'm downloading.

    I suspect I'll allow Real Player on my system before I accept an entire p2p install just to download some crappy TV.

  2. Ah . . *sniff* by OverlordQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    "AOL says that since it will control the network, it can protect users from the sorts of viruses and spyware that infect other peer-to-peer systems."

    Yea . . . uh . . you know . . . AHAHAHAHHAHA, no i'm sorry, there's no way I can make a serious comment about that.

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  3. You know what would be cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if AOL had the idea to send you their data via snail mail, on some kind of CD.

  4. Re:win/win/win by Beardydog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate to be the one to break it to you, but broadband is already saturated with penetration.

  5. Spam on TV by Tony · · Score: 4, Funny

    can you imagine spam on your tv?

    Ah. I'm closing my eyes, trying to conjure up the vision of spam on my TV. I'm watching a Friends re-run; let's see, Joey's drinking a Coke, Phoebe's buying an apothecary table from Pottery Barn. . . hmmmm, now I'm interrupted by a commercial for Zoloft (whatever the hell *that* is, since they can't legally tell me what it does and I have to ask my doctor), Chandler makes some lame joke about Trojan condoms. . .

    Uhm, nope. I can't imagine spam on my TV at all.

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  6. Re:Free but more details needed by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Throw in advertising for Smallville and Sex and the City, track download/share stats, Profit!!!

    Congratulations!!!! You just solved for the mysterious '???' of the three step Profit mantra.

  7. Dirtist words every uttered on prime time TV? by Bodhammer · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Gee Ward, you were awful hard on the Beaver last night!"

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