Dedicated services like Vongo and Movielink are already doing the movie download thing, but now AOL, a major player vying for digital distribution market share (and our parent company, by the way) added this most sought-after of services to their video portal. Ranging in price from $9.99-$19.99, a decent selection of movies both old and new are available, but of course: you need a Windows XP machine and IE6 - not even Firefox is allowed to purchase (bad AOL! Bad!). Now that an actual internet portal has stepped foot on video download ground, how much longer will it take for Apple to debut an
Thanks Jon
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8-28-2006 @ 9:55AM
LD said...
Sweet! Overpriced movies that I can't watch on my Macs! Sign me up!
When are they going to learn you can't charge MORE for a downloaded movie than a DVD? Are they taking tips from the music industry? (Let me answer that, YES)
When Apple does open a movie store they will crush the "competition". It will work on Windows and OS X. It will be priced reasonably.
Does AOL use the PlaysForSure DRM? If so, is it crackable with that neato new tool?
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8-28-2006 @ 11:04AM
Joshua said...
I just went to Vongo's site and it has a write up for Mac users stating the typical disdain for Apple not letting them use FairPlay. Why do companies always have to do that? Can't they get after M$ for not letting WMV DRM on the Mac? FairPlay is available on Mac and PC, so I'd complain to M$. Just my $.02.
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8-28-2006 @ 11:50AM
mpmchugh said...
The complaint about Fairplay is somewhat accurate. Apple has not licensed it for use to ANYONE other than themselves. It's the same reason the Sonos home musuic systme can't play iTunes purchased tracks — Apple will not license the DRM.
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