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Why People Steal Movies

April 3, 2006 by Kassia Krozser

Last week, Jim wrote a concise analysis of “why people download shared music”. I’m going to continue that theme — possibly ranting a bit more than Jim. Today’s hot news is that the studios are (gasp! sigh! swoon!) going to allow consumers* to download movies on the same day the DVD is released.

Needless to say, this isn’t the giant step forward for mankind that you’d imagine. And not just because “same day” can mean “same day” or within 45 days. Your choice. As the Los Angeles Times notes:

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Filed Under: DRM, Mediacratic, Movies Tagged With: Cinemanow, Disney, Lionsgate, MGM, Movielink, Movies, Paramount-Pictures, Sony-Pictures, Twentieth-Century-Fox, Universal-Pictures, Warner-Brothers

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