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did you know?
In a study of 2,600 Americans polled via telephone and online, Digital Life America, a unit of Solutions Research Group, found that 32 million Americans had downloaded a movie at some point in the past. Of that number, 80 percent of those users-or 25.6 million Americans-exclusively used peer-to-peer file-sharing sites, the vast majority of which have typically been used for exchanging copyrighted files. The number of regular file-sharing users doubled between 2005 and 2006, the study found. The survey revealed that 78 percent of those surveyed found that physically stealing a DVD from a store was a serious offense, but only 40 percent believed copying the movie digital also merited a serious offense.
Details at http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2087020,00.asp
legal options for getting your hands on movies
Netflix
http://www.netflix.com/
- Watch instantly on your PC or via prepaid DVDs mailed to you.
- Between $9.99 and $17.99/month based on number of movies you want at once
- No due dates, no late fees
Amazon.com's Unbox
http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/help/faq.html/
- claims to deliver DVD quality prepaid DVDs mailed to you.
- over 2400 movies includes recent popular DVD releases. TV shows are $1.99, movie rentals are mostly $3.99, and movie purchases are about $15
- Requires Windows XP
CinemaNow
http://www.cinemanow.com/
- Free, pay-per-view, download-to-own, or subscription services available
- Stream or download from a library of 1500 DVD-quality movies
- Requires Internet Explorer
Blockbuster Online
http://www.blockbuster.com/
- $14.99/month
- 3 DVDs at a time, as many movies in one month you can cram in
- No due dates, no late fees
- 2 free in-store movie or game rentals per month
- Pre-paid mail to and from your home
Open Media Network (OMN)
http://www.omn.org/
- high quality public service TV and public service videos
- thousands of educational videos
- free video and audio downloads
Vongo
www.vongo.com
- Download a client to your computer
- 100's of downloadable movies on any computer, your portable handset, or even your television
- The main difference you'll notice between this service and CinemaNow is that "Vongo doesn't offer any way to permanently own a movie or burn it to a DVD. It also doesn't have any free movies; you either subscribe for $9.95 per month or rent individual titles."(http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2078464,00.asp)
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