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Warner Bros. to Sell Movies Over BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-little-looser-rules-please dept.

martinmarv writes "The BBC is reporting that Warner Bros. is to sell movies over BitTorrent. Disappointingly, the pricing is set to be about the same as the DVD, even though the download will only become available at the same time as the DVD release, and can only play on one machine. In distributing films via download, Warner will join the ranks of MovieLink and CinemaNow. Perhaps they should wait to see how their $1.50 experiment works out first?." From the article: "Other Hollywood studios are now likely to launch similar services. They believe movie fans will prefer to pay a reasonable price for a legal downloaded movie rather than risk illegally swapping a computer file that could contain viruses or be a poor quality copy of a film. "

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  1. But! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    But you can allready download Warner Bros movies over bittorrent!

    Oh wait, sell. Nevermind.

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    1. Re:But! by Psykosys · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's more 31337 to buy your Warner Brothers movies off IRC.

  2. one machine by moro_666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    cracks against playing in one machine coming in 3...2...1...

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    1. Re:one machine by stunt_penguin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Words taken right out of my mouth 1....2....3.....4..... seconds ago

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  3. Re:Poor quality, or... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Meesah think you friend is not so smart. Bork bork bork.

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  4. It's all their fault! by GFPerez · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Hey, we sell the DVD for a (*cough*) reasonable price and we offer digital downloads of our content for an (*cough*) excellent price! They pirate our movies because they want to, not because we don't offer a (*cough*) good way to get it!"