Reverend J used our newssubmit to tell us that Warner Bros has decided to offer the latest Harry Potter for download on the internet. The movie (700MB) can be downloaded and watched for 24 hours. For this you will have to pay $3.99.
Older films from the Warner Bros. home video library can be downloaded for $2.99 for the same period. One of the issues Warner Bros has to face was the fear of piracy:
The studio said a key factor in allowing people to download digital copies of its films was CinemaNow's anti-piracy technology, supplied by Microsoft Corp. |
"As we would with any entrant into the area, we investigated their technology and found it to meet our digital rights management requirements and reached reasonable economic terms," said Jeffrey Calman, executive vice president of video on demand and pay per view for Warner Home Video.
Neither side disclosed the financial terms of the agreement.
The individual files are as large as 700 megabytes and can take as long as two hours to download even over high-speed broadband connections. They contain digital locks that prevent the files from being copied. The license expires after 24 hours, rendering the file useless unless the license is renewed.
3.99 for 24 hours is not expensive, but I wonder if it will be populair, who wants to download 700 MB and has to throw it away after 24 hours ? Read the entire story here.
Source: CNN.com
