| At last, we can legally download movies from | | | | 2003 by many years and intend to keep them |
| the internet. always, the marketing spiel | | | | for many more years, that was the whole point |
| sounds good at first. You can download the | | | | of buying them in the first place. This has |
| same day the DVD is released. It will cost | | | | to be a classic case of not thinking |
| $20-$30. You can download it before it | | | | something through and simply rushing to |
| appears in rental shops. Studios believe that | | | | market to be seen as a "player". The hare has |
| we want to own our own copies of movies - | | | | lost already and the tortoise will be |
| Correct "The internet...is a viable method of | | | | triumphant.It gets worse. The downloaded |
| distributing our content"; President of | | | | movies are [a] more expensive than if |
| Universal Pictures - CorrectWhy it will | | | | purchased in the store and [b] do not contain |
| fail"CinemaNow will only allow the movies to | | | | the bonus footage on the store DVDs. So where |
| be played only on a single | | | | is the incentive for me to download a movie |
| computer""Movielink will allow the movie to | | | | again? I've forgotten. Furthermore, where are |
| be copied onto a DVD, from which the movie | | | | the savings that a realised in online |
| can be downloaded to two other computers, but | | | | distribution (through not producing DVDs for |
| it cannot be played on a conventional DVD | | | | a start) passed on to the consumer? How on |
| player. Movies will also not play on handheld | | | | earth did the price manage to increase?I |
| players.So I can pay for the DVD, in much the | | | | don't think this will fly, it will be |
| same way as I would if buying it in a store, | | | | interesting to see if I'm proved wrong.Who am |
| and can then only play it on my computer. Are | | | | I? Why choose to work with me?My background |
| they insane? The lifetime of a DVD is almost | | | | and experience is mainly project management |
| infinitely more than that of a computer. I | | | | within diverse environments such as large |
| would speculate that few of us still use a | | | | corporate financial institutions, |
| computer that we had in 2003 - am I right? | | | | medium-sized technology consultancies and |
| Whereas I've got videos and DVDs pre-dating | | | | smaller start-ups. |