As someone who works at a film studio (low-level peeon), perhaps I can offer some insight:
1) Film studios aren't making extra profits off digital files. In many cases, iTunes and other digital file sellers take up to 30% of the sale price just for housing the file. Until the studios are able to join together and create their own Hulu-like place to sell digital files, you'll be paying the same price as a disc.
2) With resolution options, it once again comes down to cost. The SD and HD versions available now are of good quality. Asking for anything more than two resolution options is just wishful thinking by videophiles.
3) I can assure you, studios are working to get special features included with digital movies. It's complicated. Having consumers download a full movie along with 10 additional special feature videos is too clumsy for most people's tastes. There will be a solution, but it will take some time.
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I don't think the original poster meant Steve Jobs, I think he meant jobs in general. As in, "back in the day of the dot-com boom, the economy was good and people actually had jobs."
They should have gone to court. If the RIAA won the case, they could have just filed for bankruptcy. Their credit would have been shot for a long time, and life would have been hell for a while, but the entire debt gets erased instantly. My brother filed for bankruptcy to get out of a car accident that would have cost him $14,000 (He didn't have insurance). The only thing these kids had to lose was their credit rating for a few years.
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As someone who works at a film studio (low-level peeon), perhaps I can offer some insight:
1) Film studios aren't making extra profits off digital files. In many cases, iTunes and other digital file sellers take up to 30% of the sale price just for housing the file. Until the studios are able to join together and create their own Hulu-like place to sell digital files, you'll be paying the same price as a disc.
2) With resolution options, it once again comes down to cost. The SD and HD versions available now are of good quality. Asking for anything more than two resolution options is just wishful thinking by videophiles.
3) I can assure you, studios are working to get special features included with digital movies. It's complicated. Having consumers download a full movie along with 10 additional special feature videos is too clumsy for most people's tastes. There will be a solution, but it will take some time.
Wow, someone's been raped before.
I don't think the original poster meant Steve Jobs, I think he meant jobs in general. As in, "back in the day of the dot-com boom, the economy was good and people actually had jobs."
Your dream system has an Apple Pro Mouse? Yecchhh! :)
Will Wal-Mart employ illegal child labor to handle this service, like they do with their clothing? Oh boy, sign me up!
They should have gone to court. If the RIAA won the case, they could have just filed for bankruptcy. Their credit would have been shot for a long time, and life would have been hell for a while, but the entire debt gets erased instantly. My brother filed for bankruptcy to get out of a car accident that would have cost him $14,000 (He didn't have insurance). The only thing these kids had to lose was their credit rating for a few years.