Movie Downloads to Coincide with DVD release

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."

Comments

Order of the Phoenix?

[rosalindavenue]

Wow-- talk about a quickly released download-- they haven't even shot it yet! http://tinyurl.com/p58qk

Brokeback

[celardore]

I guess the fact they're releasing 'Brokeback Mountain' as a download is a good thing, for all those too embarrased to see it at the cinema or go out and buy it.

Re:Brokeback

[Anonymous Coward]

Then again, some of us have no desire to see to gay cowboys do whatever they do on the range.

Sheepboys, dammit - not cowboys! And besides, sheep lie!

Eh?

[voice_of_all_reason]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Amazing! Not only can they transfer movies automagically over copper wires directly into my home, but the cables apparently create an inverse tachyon beam that brings movies in from the future!

Re:Eh?

[necro81]

There's some joke reference to Spaceballs to be made here. How can there be a video of Spaceballs - we're still in the middle of making it? Alas, my brain isn't working fast enough this morning.

It's the Steve Jobs effect.

[neoshroom]

Fearful of the same digital piracy that humbled the music industry, two online vendors are poised to start offering recently released flicks via the Web. It's the Steve Jobs effect.

I thought the Steve Jobs effect was to make you believe that G5 smokes Intel processors only to a year or two later make you believe the opposite with equal fervor.

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Thanks...

[Anonymous Coward]

...but I think I've already dowloaded most of those.

Re:Let me guess

[Anonymous Coward]

The only thing that we learned from Brokeback Mountain losing the Oscar was that it's ok to come in number two.

The rest of this crap (96kbps MP3 audio and 320x240 resolution) is meaningless!

just face it

[PrescriptionWarning]

DRM is sooo "Brokeback"

Obligatory 1984 comment

[MonoSynth]

'When I was arrested, Apple said that PPC processors were evil.'

'PPC processors are evil. Good. And Apple always said that PPC processors are evil, has it not?'
Winston drew in his breath. He opened his mouth to speak and then did not speak. He could not take his eyes away from the dial.

'The truth, please, Winston. Your truth. Tell me what you think you remember.'
'I remember that until only a week before I was arrested, Apple used PPC processors. They even proved that they were the better ones. Intel's processors were the evil ones. That had lasted for nine years. Before that '

Jobs stopped him with a movement of the hand.

[..]

'Do you remember,' he went on, ' writing in your diary, "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two
make four"?'
'Yes,' said Winston.
Jobs held up his left hand, its back towards Winston, with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.
'How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?
'Four.'
'And if the party says that it is not four but 4.0000000097768 then how many?'
'Four.'

Re:Can't Burn?

[should_be_linear]

Yes but this subscription will include 4 office chairs so that all family can sit in front of Windows computer and enjoy DRM'd movie together.