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Ryan Imhof
05/09/06, 05:58 PM
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will begin selling its movies and television content through BitTorrent. The whole story can be read here (http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/dvd_video/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id= 1002465131).
Tony
05/09/06, 05:59 PM
smart move on their part, i think.
jfb392
05/09/06, 06:02 PM
Smart.
S84newt2000
05/09/06, 06:05 PM
what exactly does this mean?
IAPAI
05/09/06, 06:07 PM
smart move on their part, i think.

if you don't consider all the ways in which it could backfire. realistically, they are making their product more readily available as far as sharing/seeding goes.
jfb392
05/09/06, 06:08 PM
if you don't consider all the ways in which it could backfire. realistically, they are making their product more readily available as far as sharing/seeding goes.I'm sure you'll have to use a secure client that doesn't allowing seeding to users who aren't verified.
Mitch
05/09/06, 06:16 PM
Sweet.

Tate, if you read this: The Warner execs totally read that Future of Music book--you know, because it says to embrace all the downloading stuff that's going on instead of completely trying to stop it and everything ;) (I forget exactly what it said...I'm only on like page 40)
minusthejosh
05/09/06, 06:22 PM
Semi cool, still going to be abused though.
Ryan Imhof
05/09/06, 06:29 PM
Sweet.

Tate, if you read this: The Warner execs totally read that Future of Music book--you know, because it says to embrace all the downloading stuff that's going on instead of completely trying to stop it and everything ;) (I forget exactly what it said...I'm only on like page 40)
I must get this book.
Tony
05/09/06, 06:36 PM
if you don't consider all the ways in which it could backfire. realistically, they are making their product more readily available as far as sharing/seeding goes.
which makes it faster to download. let's not forget, it's gonna come loaded with all kinds of protection/DRM/etc.
fluke182
05/09/06, 06:54 PM
That's intense. If they were smart they would release it in MP4 format and take a big ol' slice out of Apple's potential pie.
jfb392
05/09/06, 07:01 PM
Sweet.

Tate, if you read this: The Warner execs totally read that Future of Music book--you know, because it says to embrace all the downloading stuff that's going on instead of completely trying to stop it and everything ;) (I forget exactly what it said...I'm only on like page 40)I didn't hear about it, I'm going to try to pick it up.
Nate_RAWKS
05/09/06, 08:07 PM
I would never buy a movie to download..ever. If i actually like a dvd enough to purchase it i want the whole package. The same goes for buying cds on itunes, i've never done it and never will.

just my opinion....
nintendocore
05/09/06, 08:37 PM
thanks warner!
now i'll be able to get your movies in awesome quality even easier!
any protection will/would be cracked in no time.
Freud
05/09/06, 09:01 PM
wow.
forumreader
05/09/06, 09:31 PM
I must get this book.

I don't think it takes a book to understand why this might be a good idea. (Then again, there are also reasons why this isn't a good idea.)
moonlights
05/09/06, 10:35 PM
I would never buy a movie to download..ever. If i actually like a dvd enough to purchase it i want the whole package. The same goes for buying cds on itunes, i've never done it and never will.

just my opinion....
i have to agree. nothing wrong with buying cds on itunes, it's a neat idea, but i want the liner notes and the artwork and the physical cd.
thewebguy
05/10/06, 01:50 AM
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

this is garbage:
+ you pay the same price as you would for a dvd
+ you get a lower quality version that can only be played on one computer (probably windows media drm, so no linux / apple)
+ you don't get the actual dvd
+ you don't get any of the extra video stuff
+ YOU HAVE TO USE BT TO DOWNLOAD IT, imagine paying 19.99 and then getting stuck with no seeders left at 99%

worst idea ever. it is likely just a way for them to be like "LOLZ OH WELLZ WE TRIED 'NET DOWNLAODS AND NOBODY LIKED IT NO MORE K"
theESCO
05/10/06, 05:41 AM
+ YOU HAVE TO USE BT TO DOWNLOAD IT, imagine paying 19.99 and then getting stuck with no seeders left at 99%
I'd assume that they would have some way of constantly seeding..but the rest are great points.
idobi
05/10/06, 05:48 AM
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

this is garbage:
+ you pay the same price as you would for a dvd
+ you get a lower quality version that can only be played on one computer (probably windows media drm, so no linux / apple)
+ you don't get the actual dvd
+ you don't get any of the extra video stuff
+ YOU HAVE TO USE BT TO DOWNLOAD IT, imagine paying 19.99 and then getting stuck with no seeders left at 99%

worst idea ever. it is likely just a way for them to be like "LOLZ OH WELLZ WE TRIED 'NET DOWNLAODS AND NOBODY LIKED IT NO MORE K"


Not to completely disagree, but I'm sure WB will always superseed their own torrent...

and a lot of people I know find the extras to be completely useless, if they don't ignore them altogether.

The one computer thing is the major hurdle though.