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1. Comment - Real Launches Movie Download Service

   (Jun 16, 2004 - 1:03 PM)

   Um. Exactly why is this an expensive system? Go to Movielink and you pay up to 5 bucks to get a movie and watch it for 24 hours. You can watch these for up to SIX WEEKS. And for the cost of 2 or 3 films from any other service, ie Movielink (and that new service in WMP 10). 13 dollars a month.
   
   "I think they further fail to realize that most who watch internet movies are trying to avoid paying the movie theatre prices"
   
   12.95? Thats less than the price of 2 box office tix. I can watch like 100 movies with this. While the quality of the movies is not perfect, it is CONVENIENT. Video on demand is very limited on broadcast media so far, and very expensive.
   
   Aw geez, I can't tape it. I can watch it for SIX weeks! I have and will download movies to watch unlimited times, but this is incredibly reasonable. Little p2p people annoy me. Crowding the internet with inferior rips of movies, selling them to their little buddies and act like theyve done something incredible. Whatever. Ill take advantage of any reasonable deal, whether its free or 13 a month.
   
   I watch pirated movies all the time, but 12.95 is chump change to anyone with a normal job.
   
   My only beef with the service? A 600kps min. before subscription. My home service is cable and 500megs takes like 25 mins (about 350k/s). Is that not fast enough for Real/Starz?

2. Comment - PC Makers in Middle of Desktop Bounty Hunt

   (Aug 2, 2001 - 2:56 AM)

   Gimme a break. Just exactly how much longer do we really thing AOL, MSN, Compuserve, Earthlink and all these countless dial up providers will last? What the hell is AOL going to do when the world has a cable modem, or ADSL, or wireless, LAN connections? ARe we going to buy 'bring-your-own-service' plans? Is aol going to buy out the local cable or phone company? Heck no. Revenue in the home based dial-up assistance business is a few years from disintegrating, the internet will be a new breed of users, who will no longer need or want a staple program for their internet experience. Home pc's will be as common as TV and radio, and soon people will not have common sense without a knowledge of them. It was an awesome idea earlier, but soon, no one will use helper apps or services to use the internet. I suggest AOL, Compuserve, and Earthlink make new plans for the next ten years, because even my kid cousins won't need you.

3. Comment - BMG to Test Copy-Protected CDs

   (Aug 2, 2001 - 2:47 AM)

   Come on everyone. If there are any artists please listen. The problem with this entire dilemma is not whether people deserve protection on their work, to keep it from spreading. I am an artist just entering the 'business' and to me, the 'business' itself is the problem. What no one realizes is that because of the ease of distribution of mp3's, music reaches many many times more people, and each artist gathers an even larger audience. I personnally could have never afforded to buy as many albums as I now have due to mp3. But guess what happens when the show comes to town? Im there, paying my 50 to get in and see a guy whose albums I don't own, and whose cover art I've never seen. The truth is, a fan may buy a recording, but music began as an institution of pride for talent, not a business. Make the music because you're proud, not because it robs kids of their allowance. I follow several bands and have never bought an album by some of them. What does this mean? It means I am like many other americans, in love with music, but unable to fund my habit. Mp3 is rebellion, it's time to listen to the audience folks, because we paid for your homes, cars, and shouted at your shows. We give the artists pride, and pay them well for it. Perhaps it is time to give a little back.