All but one of the major motion picture studios have supported and put content recently on a couple of new legal movie download services, CinemaNow and MovieLink (the sole dissenter was Disney, who is closely related to Apple Computers. It's tough to get more of a *wink, wink*). These services are nothing new, and while the internet has gotten faster, reducing download times for many, the services themselves have not imporved. Those who have tested it out have hit multiple errors and given customer service its fair share of work. Not only that, but once the file is finally on the computer, there are numerous restrictions to what you're allowed to do with it...AND you're paying more in many cases.
This leaves many asking, "Why not just buy the DVD?" It's a question without much of an answer. And these legal movie download services are going to continue to flop until the movie industry can figure out that it's just as easy to copy a DVD and spread it illegally as it would be to buy and download a movie without restrictions and pass it on to friends. If I really like a movie, I want the DVD. I want to legally own and control the media itself, not be told when and where I can watch it. For most movie fans, illegal movie downloads will never be a replacement for owning a copy yourself. Particularly in this day and age of piracy, there's a definate pride when you legally own the movie, and aren't just offering your friends a poor-quality copy.
If you want to get the movie downloading business to take off, drop the price and the restrictions. We want to buy the movies, but give us something reasonable to work with.
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