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Vudu Set-Top Box Weds Legal P2P and HD Movies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the smells-like-money dept.

prostoalex writes "The New York Times is running a story on a Silicon Valley company that is planning to revolutionize the movie business. It's no secret that the movie-going experience has been deteriorating, while the number of HDTVs sold has been rising steadily. A company called Vudu, run by a guy who started TiVo, is now building a box for peer-to-peer download of movies straight from the studios. That could enables the movie studios to make movies securely available to viewers on the day of release, and improves on the download experience offered by other shops, like Amazon Unbox, MovieLink and others: 'DVD sales began to stagnate because studios had finally plowed through their entire backlog of movies that could be released on the shiny discs. The success of iTunes was also proving that the digital transition was inevitable and that one powerful player, Apple, could control the market if Hollywood did not find other viable partners. And outlaw services like the pirate Web sites that use BitTorrent technology demonstrated that digital piracy, which had consumed the music business first, now posed a real problem for Hollywood.'"

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  1. Re:Bad copy? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's revolutionary because this time the DRM is going to work.

  2. Re:How long? by pytheron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can somebody tell me how long will it take to hack into this box and reuse the code in some PC apps? It's not even built yet !! No, we can't tell you. How long is a piece of string ? ;)
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    "I am not bound to please thee with my answers" [William Shakespeare]
  3. Re:Bad copy? by Mountaineer1024 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The DRM is going to work because it's implemented in a closed system?
    Wow, you better run out and tell Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony!
    All of them have put closed hardware in peoples living rooms and NONE of them have been hacked!

    </sarcasm>
  4. Re:How long? by jackharrer · · Score: 4, Funny

    //How long is the piece of string?

    From one end to another... ;)

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    "an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often, quite often, picturesque liar" - Mark Twain
  5. Re:"their entire backlog of movies"? Yeah Right... by svunt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got modpoints, and I consider it a sign of my maturity that I don't smack you down for wanting to own "Hey, Dad!"