Amazon is offering downloadable movies.
Of course, they're overpriced (14-17 dollars- more expensive than Best Buy) and they are crippled with idiotic restrictions.
I realize it's a hard reality for corporations to come to grips with, but at this point in the digital revolution consumers are used to doing whatever they want with their media. Proprietary formats and usage restrictions don't fly with a customer base that could if it so desired order a movie from netflix or pick one up from their local video store and make a copy that plays on anything and that they can do whatever they want with.
Contrast that with paying full retail for a gimped version with severe restrictions on use.
If they want people to pay full boat, they need to give them full use.
If they're not going to give them full use, they need to DRASTICALLY reduce the price to reflect the limited nature of their offering.
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I dislike Barenaked Ladies in their entirity, but one of the members makes excellent points on the corporate mania for crippled content:
Basically, they're saying you can have all this music for free, but you can only keep it on your computer and one other device. That kind of maniacal need for control is what will be the death of major labels. If they continue to stop people from listening to music in the way they want it, people will continue to make other choices. I think that labels need to stop the restrictive and manipulative use of DRM, and, frankly, we should legalize P2P, and have it properly licensed from the ISP level (sure, the ISPs will complain, but, let them complain).
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