p2pnet - rss feed: Old MGM movies on iTunes: $10
p2pnet.net news:- We don’t get it. We really don’t. Do people honestly pay $10 to download old movies polluted with DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control from Apple iTunes?
Maybe they do. After all, according to Apple, some two billion people have spent a dollar or more on iTunes songs since it started four years ago.
OK. That’s pitiful compared to what’s happening in the real world of independent online music. But still, by corporate music standards ….
Looks like a possible subject for another p2pnet survey.
Apple is crowing about its latest deal under which it’ll be flogging elderly MGM flicks such as Dances With Wolves, Mad Max and Rocky and similar shows you can rent for practically nothing at your local video store. And there’s no DRM.
And, “We’d love to have all the movie studios, that’s certainly our goal,” Associated Press has Eddie Cue, Apple’s VP of iTunes admitting. “I think it’s just a matter of time.”
$10 for Dancing with Wolves? Unbelievable.
You can easily find it, Mad Max and Rocky, plus thousands more, on your free p2p networks, and if you’re into old movies, check out the Way Back machine. Their movies are free too.
But they say there’s a sucker born every minute.
Also See:
That’s pitiful - 1 billion songs a DAY shared online, March 8, 2007
p2pnet survey - p2pnet RIAA survey: online now, April 6, 2007
Associated Press - MGM becomes the latest major studio to list films with iTunes, April 12, 2007
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April 12th, 2007 at 9:32 am
I will never buy a legal movie download until it’s the same quality as a retail DVD disk and can be burned to a DVD easily.
April 13th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Most MGM movies can be found in bargain bins at Walmart, Target, Zellers, Superstore for between 5.99 and 9.99.
April 16th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Expecting to profit from something forever is like expecting to one day make money without having to work. Society should discourage such behaviour by simply refusing to buy their stuff.