appleinsider.com — AppleInsider has accurately predicted the last several major Apple announcements, and new they're saying that Apple is planning a feature film download service. "This iTunes service would provide access to 1,000 movies on demand which can be downloaded to your computer and, in turn, to your video iPod if you have one..."
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gab00nMar 2, 2006
They should do an iTheatre and let us view new movies at home instead of at the cinema for the same price.
matt_rubinMar 2, 2006
watch they are going to probaly buy movielink and be like "Oh look at us we are so innovative we made up the movie downloading service and everyone thinks we invented it and we will be the most innovative company ever!" then everyone will be like WHOA its so amazing i can get movies off the internet and put it on my 30GB ipod when i have never bought 30,000 songs from itunes but i still let it eat my resources... yay" then the past will be forogtten when arhcos has been doing this for 7 years in a better format thats small and better quality, divx
matt_rubinMar 2, 2006
i thihnk thats how people pirate albums before they are out by "listening" to them on the band's website
stealthboyMar 2, 2006
"No way is the MPAA going to allow viewers to watch movies on a subscription basis."Of course they would! This is their dream! Think about it: who now has control? They do. You no longer own a physical disc, so if the MPAA decides to take away "your" movies or raise prices, they can without any worry that you already have the media.
amandaw33Mar 2, 2006
and I forgot to mention.. I can watch my recorded TV, view Pics, Videos, and Photos... from anywhere on the internet for free with Orb. With their new add in, I can even use their service to browse my PC for files on the road.I could do this on a cell phone, or Pocket PC too if I didn't care about the small screen size.It amuses me how exciting front row is to some people..
Closed AccountMar 3, 2006
Hmmm. I could be exited about this..Or, I could continue using Limewire and/or burning my Netflix DVD's via Toast....yeah, I think I'll stick with option 2.
jbnoMar 3, 2006
While I'm not going to endorse copyright infringement like enzomedici did, enzomedici has a good point about buying the DVD: there are substantial rights you get from legally obtaining the physical media on which the movie is recorded (giving DVDs as gifts, winning them as prizes, buying them at garage sales, etc.). Both technologically and legally, it's difficult if not impossible to do things you do with physical media.You can loan a DVD. You can't loan an electronic media file (nothing Apple or any other organization will set up allows you to do this).You can give your DVD to a friend. Again, electronic services make this difficult.You can resell your DVD at a yard sale (leveraging your right of first sale). George Hotelling learned how hard it was to resell his iTunes tracks.I'm sure there are other things one can do with a DVD one cannot effectively or easily do with strictly electronic media files. And I'm not interested in what techies know how to do, I'm talking about the garden-variety user who knows little about the underlying technology. They are the most vulnerable users and their interests need to be looked out for because Apple, Microsoft, Real, and others have already demonstrated that they certainly can't be trusted with looking out for them.You should question services like these on the basis of what rights are you willing to give up and what are you getting in exchange that you're not getting now. I find it difficult to justify giving up my rights in exchange for potential convenience of downloading media files (as opposed to a slightly less convenient drive/walk a few blocks away to a yard sale, rental store, or friend's house).