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"Iron Man" Release Brings Down Paramount's Servers

Posted by kdawson on from the super-hero-effect dept.

secmartin writes "Shortly after the release of Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers, causing delays while loading the disc. Which really makes you wonder what will happen when they decide to shut down this service in a couple of years."

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  1. Re:Design Flaw... by tsajeff · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It could be part of their long term business strategy to always keep previews and movie promotions current, as opposed to the way we currently watch a 5 year old movie and see previews for 5 year old movies.

  2. Re:media conglomerates: by Microlith · · Score: 1, Redundant

    pirated movies

    it's not just about avoiding $20

    I'd imagine that in the majority of cases... it is. Not that this wasn't a raging case of stupidity, but still.

    Also: don't try to justify piracy. If you don't like how they do things, DON'T SUPPORT THEIR PRODUCT AT ALL. Anything else just gives them ammunition.