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NBC To Offer On-Demand Movies Via P2P

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-closer dept.

RX8 writes "NBC Universal has signed a deal with Wurld Media to make some of their movies available for download via a secure P2P network in 2006. There hasn't been a price released yet, but the movies include what you would get on their existing video-on-demand and pay services plus around 100 older movie titles. Once the material is downloaded, users can only view it for up to 24 hours before it expires."

3 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Note to MPAA and RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it expires, I won't be buying it.

    Entertainment is to be done at my leisure. I choose the terms, not you.

    Simple as that.

  2. Re:Movies available on P2P by Prophet+of+Nixon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the file expires in 24 hours, what incentive is there for peers to hold the expired file and seed it? This sounds dumb.

  3. Re:24 hours? by im_mac · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Users will be able to view the material for 24 hours once they begin playback on their computers; once downloaded, the material will be stored on the user's computer for 30 days to act as a resource in the Peer Impact network

    Let me get this straight. I can only watch it for 24 hours but it'll remain on my harddrive for 30 days, 29 of which it is inaccessible to me? Sounds like I should be charging NBC a rental fee.