Fox Interactive Media selling downloaded movies & TV
Steve Safran November 15th, 2006
Fox Interactive Media is going to offer movies and TV shows via its Direct2Drive website. Up until now, the site had been offering downloads of videogames. FIM is selling flicks from its various Fox-owned production companies. Movies will start at $7.99, TV shows at $1.99. A quick comparison of Direct2Drive versus the same shows on iTunes shows full TV season downloads are a little cheaper on the Fox site. BUT: Way too much DRM. You can only watch the videos on a PC or “approved handheld device,” and it took me three less-than-obvious clicks just to get that information. You can’t make a DVD out of the download, either. When are these people going to understand that we want our downloads on our terms? I can’t watch a movie that I paid for on my TV?
2 Comments Add your own
1. Bob Jones | November 15th, 2006 at 11:53 am
I think that certainly we should be allowed to put it on DVD.
Why can they not create software that can burn DVDs with copy protection like the DVDs we purchase in stores?
I understand that can be broken, but that would happen wether I paid $10 online for a stripped-down DVD or $15 in a store for the full monty - piracy will happen and watching on a TV is essential, I don’t mind the DRM on my PC … but I’m not comfortable sitting in front of it for hours watching a movie.
2. Lohness | September 15th, 2007 at 7:36 am
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