Wal-Mart cans video download service
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| Those who did avail themselves of the service can, of course, keep the vids
| they've bought, but can only play them on the computer onto which they
| downloaded them. Wal-Mart is not, the faq note, offering refunds.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/28/wal_mart_video_downloads/
Mentioned earlier, but without the effect of DRM, which is just a mechanism for
making content expire. Copyright infingers don't need DRM-protected (read:
DRM-crippled) content anyway, so only legitimate customers are hurt.
Earlier:
Wal-Mart cancels movie download service
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| HP spokesman Hector Marinez said the company decided to discontinue its video
| download-only merchant store services because the market for paid video
| downloads did not perform "as expected." He noted that the Internet video
| business remains uncertain and is changing rapidly.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6224114.html
DRM has also just died (for music):
Warner agrees to use MP3 format
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| Warner Music Group is making its music available for download from Amazon in
| MP3 format without copy protection.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7162280.stm
Related:
DRM deathwatch: Sony, Wal-Mart
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| First, Sony is reportedly considering offering its catalog as MP3s, joining
| EMI and Universal Music Group. That would make Warner Music the last holdout
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| among the Big Four. I'm not sure how long Warner could hold out if it saw its
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| competitors selling more digital files thanks to the universality of the MP3
| format.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9827363-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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