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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 7:03pm

   
   

   1st!

    

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   JT SNOW, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 7:50pm

   
   

   I think its great since they will be competing the prices will only get better.

    

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   Standard Customer, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 8:00pm

   
   

   Standard?

   Are they going to offer the movies as standard MPEG files, or as MPEG file wrapped in the standard DVD VOB format, OR - are they the going to distribute the movies in a proprieatary PC format? If it is not a standard format (MPEG-based), then I will not buy it. Is the qualitity of the download version the same as the DVD version? If not, I say nay!

    

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   Rep;ublican Gun, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 8:34pm

   
   

   Used Movies

   Will I be able to sell the used Mpeg file on Amazon like books?

    

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   Xcetron, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 8:41pm

   
   

   I'm hoping for an OGM format. Just like dvd for computer. Maybe for extra cash they could also send us a copy incase we lost the one we bought or had to format the computer or something.

    

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   Bingo, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 9:29pm

   
   

   Re: Used Movies

   > Will I be able to sell the used Mpeg file on Amazon like books?
   
   Today, your MPAA Representative in Congress might say: that's a stupid question - of course you cannot!
   In one hundred years, your grandchildren might say: that's a stupid question - of course you can!

    

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   Daniel Bjorndahl, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 9:41pm

   
   

   My thoughts.

   For those curious, they're going to develop an obscure format that you'll need their player to view. This is done in an effort for copyright protection, which hackers and coders will eventually find a way to reverse, making it yet another pointless codec to annoy downloaders like you and me.
   
   It don't mean to be pessimistic, but history repeats itself, and other download sites have tried the same and failed (such as Sony with it's...whatever the heck it is format that I have to put up with).
   
   For the one wondering about 'used sales' of data...
   Techincally speaking, bytes can't be 'used'.They are only read, written or deleted. Reading a file does not change it in any way, thanks to technology that made the VHS and cassete obsolete! But hey! If you wanna sell your data, open up your own store, just make sure you get the copyrights for it...unless you're just giving copies to your friends. In which case, small scale theft is something that could never be dealt with in an industry so ridden with major theft.
   
   Which brings me back to how industry leaders aim to stop theft: inconvenience. New codecs and new media players are inconvenient, and so in vain hope the industry leaders place their investiments in inconvenience.
   
   Maybe they should try creative commons, or follow a similar model of shareware...
   
   E-mail me your thoughts at daniel.bjorndahl@gmail.com

    

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   pwb, Jul 25th, 2006 @ 12:14am

   
   

   "Add Amazon To The Long Long Long List Of Video Download Providers"
   
   The list that numbers "two" (CinemaNow and MoveiLink)??

    

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   JT SNOW, Jul 25th, 2006 @ 5:54am

   
   

   Don't forget Vongo

    

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