Cablevision Will Let You Watch Movies The Day Of Their Release, If You Buy The DVD
from the loopholes dept
We were surprised that even Apple was forced by the movie industry to delay the release of online movie downloads until a month after the DVD release. This seemed totally pointless and self-defeating by the movie industry (though, hardly the first time that's happened). However, it looks like Cablevision has discovered an interesting workaround to this "window" between releases: it's launching a video-on-demand (VOD) system that will let you watch movies the day they're released on DVD. The trick? You need to actually buy the DVD first, via Cablevision. Then, while you're waiting for the physical DVD to arrive in the mail, you're free to watch the movie via the VOD offering. Of course, this sounds something like what the original MP3.com used to do, allowing people to access MP3s of CDs they just bought, while they wait for the CD to arrive. And, as I'm sure many of you remember, the entertainment industry sued MP3.com and actually won that lawsuit. While there was some questionable reasoning in the decision, MP3.com was unable to appeal, due to some quirks of the legal system. Has it really taken 8-years for the entertainment industry to start to come around to this idea? Perhaps not. Apparently, only a very few titles are available on Cablevision's new service.
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by Anonymous Coward on Feb 5th, 2008 @ 10:04pm
God I love america
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by Anonymous Coward on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 12:37am
mp3.com would let you listen to a CD you already have, provided it was in their database, no? Remember: you had to 'beam' your CD to see if they recognize it, so you had to have the physical CD already. That's what I seem to remember.
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Re: by Mike on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 4:28am
mp3.com would let you listen to a CD you already have, provided it was in their database, no? Remember: you had to 'beam' your CD to see if they recognize it, so you had to have the physical CD already. That's what I seem to remember.
There were two parts to MP3.com. One was the "beam it" offering that you describe, but the other was like this: buy a CD and get immediate access to the content as mp3s.
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Cablevision and Downloads by Known Coward on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 4:33am
US movie industry can go fly a kite. New movies are released on DVD and shown on cable TV while still in theatre in the Philippines.
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mp3.com sued their lawyer for malpractice? by Jeffry Houser on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 5:27am
I'm pretty sure mp3.com was sued for their 'beam' service, not the 'buy CDs, get mp3s immediately'. But, my memory is hazy.
I was under the impression that, after losing the lawsuit, mp3.com sued their legal counsel for malpractice. Does anyone know if that is true or what came of that?
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Stupid and pointless idea by Ima Fish on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 5:36am
I don't get it. If you're going to buy it on the day of the release, what advantage do you have to watch it via Comcast? Buy it, take it home, then watch it. How simple is that?!
Heck, simply rent the movie from Netflix. They send out new releases on Monday, you'd get it the next day, and then you could watch it that night for a heck of a lot less.
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If this wikipedia entry can be trusted... by Ronnie Roberts on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 5:38am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com#My.MP3.com
It appears they simply ran out of money.
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Re: Re: by Same anonymous coward as in comment #2 on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 6:14am
OK. I always thought they had been sued for the 'beam it' part, but I didn't know about the other part.
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by Anonymous Coward on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 6:40am
"US movie industry can go fly a kite. New movies are released on DVD and shown on cable TV while still in theatre in the Philippines."
Which is probably about 6 months after everyone else in the world has already seen the movie.
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Cablevision Will Let You Watch Movies The Day Of T by squidoo.com/foreign_currency_trading on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 9:26am
In comparison to Verizon and the other Cable companies, I must say that Cablevision is one of the greatest and beloved companies in New York City with awesome customer service. I highly recommend any offers and products by them. When I had some little problem with my phone and Verizon kicked me out into the cold, it was Cablevision who invited me into their services, fed me, gave me some warm milk to drink and then offered me internet connection, cable TV and phone services, thereby saving me $200 monthly that I had squandered using Verizon for 10 yrs.
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I like that idea by Etch on Feb 6th, 2008 @ 10:08am
I actually like that idea! I can purchase a movie, watch it immediately if I want to, or I can wait for the DVD version and watch it on my upconverting DVD player in HD!!
I can honestly see myself paying for that service! The problem I had with paying for online content was the lack of physical media, and the problem with buying content on physical media online is that it took forever to get to my doorstep, but that is a very nice option for all the people who still need to feel something physical that they can hold in their hands.
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by peru on Feb 25th, 2008 @ 8:18am
Buy it, take it home, then watch it. How simple is that?! Music online Mp3 online
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