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...answer has to do with the film industry's business model, which is founded on a tightly controlled schedule of when and where the public sees movies. That schedule is broken up into windows. The box-office window is followed by the pay-per-view window, and then the DVD window opens, followed by the premium-cable window. The studios maximize their profit by selling licenses for each phase. If peer-to-peer networks can offer movies while the films are still in theaters, the whole revenue stream could be undermined. "We have less issues with technology overall than...
...delay in incorporating file sharing has a lot to do with the slow speed of most Americans' Internet access. Even with cable and DSL connections that average 2 megabits per second, it can take 16 hours to download a movie with just a third of the quality of a DVD. Not to mention that most of us prefer watching a movie on our TV to watching it on a computer screen. "This isn't going to be a tidal wave of change," says Hastings. "More like global warming...
...today's fast-paced websphere, any attempt to restrict content is probably doomed to failure anyway. Exhibit A: The MPAA sued the company 321 Studios into bankruptcy last year for producing a piece of DVD-copying software called DVD X Copy. So what happened? DVD Shrink, a free product that does the same job, started popping up on the Internet. Exhibit B: Even before the launch of TiVoToGo, the online cognoscenti have latched on to BitTorrent software for swapping TV shows. Privately, some movie bosses admit the industry is on the wrong track. "Studios can only bitch so much before...
...equivalent of downloading a full-length feature film in 4 sec. It's a bumpy road to acceptance for any disruptive entertainment technology, from piano rolls to the VCR. "One thing you can count on in Hollywood is fear of change," says Warren Lieberfarb, the man who launched the DVD. But as Lieberfarb's profit-rich baby continues to prove, consumers are still hungry for faster, easier entertainment--and there's always another fortune waiting to be discovered. With reporting by Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles and Eric Roston/Washington
...tried MOVIELINK movielink.com) which is industry backed, CINEMANOW cinemanow.com and STARZ! TICKET ON REAL MOVIES (movies.real com) which debuted in June. Each service works a bit differently, but the goal is the same: to deliver major studio releases to your PC in a secure format that's "near DVD" quality. Movielink and CinemaNow charge from $1 to $5 for each 24-hour rental. Starz! charges $12.95 a month for unlimited downloads, but its library is smaller (150 selected titles vs. Movielink's 900 at any one time...