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Rogers points out that the movie industry can be every bit as stupid as the music industry:
Six studios have begun selling movie downloads this week on Movielink . Purchased movies can be kept forever for computer viewing and burned to DVD but can't be watched in DVD players. There's also a limit on the number of computers that can view a movie, and the service and site require Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
Prices for new movies are higher than DVDs -- Nicolas Cage's The Weather Man sells for $27 on Movielink and $22 on Amazon.Com . So you're getting less convenience at more cost, though no one had to package, ship or stock the movie.
Hmm. I can pay extra for something that I can't watch on my HD capable, 51" TV? Or I can pay less and watch it there. I think the morons at Movielink need to look up the phrase "value proposition".
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