Will Wippit whip Sony at the ‘iTunes for movies’ game?
I know that Sony has now completely (well sort of completely) reverse-ferreted on the ‘iTunes for movies’ quote of a couple of weeks ago. But it looks like Wippit, which does the legal P2P music downloads game, is going to do it for them.
My latest analysis at Netimperative looks at prices, formats, and why this matters - and why the film industry is letting this little British company do it now.
- These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
- Punch-Drunk Love: at last, a really good Adam Sandler film (no, honest) (15 November 2004; score: 49.09%)
- Music biz seeks digital price rises - but why? To keep the artists in line (18 November 2005; score: 44.4%)
- Sony completely loses the plot with "Network Walkman" (4 August 2004; score: 44.04%)
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April 29th, 2005 at 1:13 am
I just don’t see any small venture really getting the permission of the major labels to release big films. Little indy flicks (many of which will be excellent, of course) will be perfect for the format, but why sould sony sign up for this, for example?
DivX files and WMV movies of 700Mb sounds like a decent level to aim for; a bittorrent service would allievate thier bandwidth too. But, can either of these formats actually have a DRM wrapper included? I’ve never come across a DivX DRM format, as it kind of defeats the idea of more open sourcey formats. WMV certainly has DRM capabilities, but not when burnt onto a cd and played ina set top box. You can get DivX DVD Players from about 40
April 29th, 2005 at 1:20 am
Ooops… i’ll carry on. [Is there any comment editing feature available in wordpress? I sorely need it :/]
…quid now (ebuyer.co.uk, for example) but most of these cheap players won’t play WMV files AFAIK. Not that many people have streaming media equipment atm, either.
Ultimately, wouldn’t a subscription to a DVD rental service work out better for the vast majority of people?