It WILL HAPPEN sooner or later, but this article from Apple Insider is a must read for people watching this new distribution model closely:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1567
Several interesting quotes in article, but this one stood out to me...
"this option would not allow users to burn a copy of the movie to a DVD for playback on a home entertainment DVD player. "The cost of purchasing movies individually would be approximately $12.95 per movie or roughly the equivalent of buying a DVD at a store."
Hollywood will be first with its movies... but, indies will have to follow soon after (just as with their music store). Seems like they will need to change the name though? Does iTunes really work for downloading movies? And iMovie is already taken. Of course, I really don't like all these "i's" everywhere anyway.
Very cool stuff happening...
-Blake
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2 comments to "A Must Read! Download Movies from iTunes!"
Anonymous says:
Wow, that seems steep. If you buy a DVD, you can watch it on whatever system you want (pc, tv, home theater, ...). Until media center PC's become the standard, $13 for a movie that's stuck on your pc seems too high. Of course, someone will figure out how to burn them, but at that price you should at least be allowed to burn one copy.
Blake Calhoun says:
yeah, i thought the same thing. i love the idea though. but the costs will have to be worked out.
-blake