Movie Downloads to Coincide with DVD release

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 3, 2006 @12:48AM from the starting-to-get-some-things dept.

gihan_ripper writes "The movie download firms Movielink and CinemaNow have made a deal with the big five studios to ensure that downloads will coincide with DVD releases at Blockbuster and WalMart. Unlike previous deals, these will be full purchase downloads, and not merely for a rental period. The move is aimed at stemming the rising tide of pirate downloads, and DRM will be in force to prevent copying the movies to DVD. The first batch of downloadable movies will include Brokeback Mountain, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and King Kong."

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Re:DRM? by G)-(ostly · 2006-04-03 04:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It's not about doing work for them. It's about a bunch of nerds who:

A) Want to see the movie.
B) Don't want to pay for the movie.
C) Don't want to admit that they're just petty theives.

999/1000 people on this site seem to think that it's okay to just take something if you don't think it's value is proportional to its price. Of course, by that logic, I should be able to walk into a Macy's and take whatever I want, but hey (cue irrational excuse for thievery about not depriving someone of a material object in 5, 4, 3...)

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