Studio execs believe downloads are a "long way off" from replacing DVD

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minimalist @ Mar 14th 2008 6:07PM

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�Once you buy the right to a movie in digital form you can always redownload if you data gets corrupted, a huge benefit over actaully having the media.�

You assume that the movies available now will forever be available (and that the service you download it from will always be in business). Neither is guaranteed and this is what is so problematic about DRM'd downloads. Until you have absolute control ovger where and when the file is stored and played you don't really "own it".

It happens all the time in the music world. eMusic for example lets you re-download as well but if an album gets pulled by the label off the site for any reason whatsoever, it is no longer there. Because all this stuff is licensed it can just as easily be pulled.

The only way digital sales will work is if storage gets cheaper and the DRM goes away. DRM can be deactivated making the movie you bought useless (a la Google Video). Until high quality (not HD-lite please) downloads are available without DRM and storage and backup process is simplified I am not interested in downloads as anything other than an occasional diversion.

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