According to the Financial Times, Apple is discussing an online movie rental service with Hollywood studios. The rumor mill says it will be a video-on-demand service.
Currently, Apple won't comment on this new venture, which is said to begin this fall, but we've heard the iTunes rentals would only cost $2.99 for a 30-day rental.
We also heard the 30-day rental would let you move a movie from a computer to at least one other device like a video iPod or iPhone. Of course, digital rights-management software would likely prevent these movies from being copied in any way, shape or form.
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1Heh, and I'm sure people will find a way to rip these movies too.
2I use lovefilm.com for DVD online rentals, its just great and efficient - 30 day free trial is the best
3huh - that would be pretty neat, esp. the movie could be put on the ipod. It would be a great way to take new movies on vacation with me.
4I agree with bugness- it will only be a matter of time before you can download pirating programs.
5Works for me...30 days for $2.99 is amazing.
6If it's easy to play them on the tv, I would get it. Like thers said, it'd be great for travelling.
7this'll be great as long as they can keep up to date with the movies coming out. we usually use amazon unbox for a little more $$, but there are quite a few new releases that you can't rent. i'm looking forward to see what they do...
8that's a pretty good deal.
9that's pretty cool
10Sounds cool.
11the rentals sounds great but they should join up with netflix or blockbuster, so they can merge the accounts together. it's a little too pricy for me. i'll just wait a day for my netflix to come in.
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