Ghostbusters Is First Film Released On USB Key

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 3, 2008 @05:46AM from the free-gozer dept.

arcticstoat writes "Are you the USB keymaster? You could be soon if you pick up PNY's new 2GB USB flashdrive, which comes pre-loaded with Ghostbusters. A spokesperson for PNY explained that it comes with a form of DRM that prevents you from copying the movie. 'They have DRM protection,' explained the spokesperson, 'so customers can download the movie onto their laptop or PC if they wish, but they have to have the USB drive plugged in to watch the movie, as the DRM is locked in the USB drive.' The music industry has been playing around with USB flash drives for a few years now, but it hasn't been a massive success yet; will USB movies fare any better?"

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Re:terrible idea by Lumpy · 2008-09-03 06:42 · Score: 1, Troll

5 minutes? Wow, do you have a crappy computer or what.
It takes me 6 seconds... I put the disc in the media center I built and walk away, it does it all automatically for me, strips out all that crap on the DVD and gives me the movie without all the garbage. it even titles it by using the DVDDB...
later I walk by and grab the disc off the tray and put it in my library. Absolutely effortless.

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