Pricing your online media to match the price of physical media = stupidity.

There is an implicit and physical "decreased value" in having your movie collection in this fashion. iTunes will fail at this business endeavor.

If they were able to knock maybe $1 off, then they'd be somewhere.

The inevitable death of retail and theatre movie distribution is upon us.

So let me get this straight. Apple signs a deal to release movies the same day as DVD releases, and is launching the service with .... movies that have been out on DVD for a few weeks to a month already? Am I missing some words somewhere?

Rent. Rip. Burn.

Sorry Apple, Netflix and Redbox have you beat for the tech-savvy.

#24, generally that illegal distribution has to be accompanied by money changing hands. RIAA suits are generally civil, as opposed to someone filing a criminal complaint and having the matter picked up by the local DA.

So perhaps it's a criminal (stealing) offense, that never gets prosecuted as such (never that I've heard of - unless sums of money are changing hands), but rather a civil suit where fines (not jail time) are the penalty.

You're probably right, I do not know. I just read #20 and thought that sounded sort of authoritative.

To me it crosses an ethical boundary, in any event.

#18...Copying and keeping a rip of a rented Netflix movie IS wrong (even if it is not stealing). The price to buy and keep, play anytime you want, store under your pillow is MUCH higher than for renting a movie for a limited term. It is probably some breach of contract or some such thing as you are not renting the IP for the limited term you said you were, but keeping the IP forever (I consider songs/movies etc intellectual property as some one had to create it).

I do like, however, the Napster 'jukebox' format. I can download and play songs, setup playlists, etc., for a limited rental fee each month. I don't have to purchase each song. This is a good thing as I have plenty of records/CD's I've sold over the years as I just don't listen to them anymore. I like Netflix for the same reason...most movies I only watch once or twice. Though I *buy* physical DVD's like Alvin and the Chipmunks because the kids will ask to watch that like 100's of times <dreads going home from work>.

I think the iTunes pricing is not outrageous compared to Netflix and others, and many people just don't care to rip every DVD that comes in their door. It's Apple, so likely they'll make a mint anyhow - and it's very convenient for people who can't figure out how to load a disc into their DVD player.

I want to see more DVDs released with iTunes Digital Copy. You have the physical disk, but you can put media on your computer or iPod without all the hassle of ripping and encoding.

I can't wait for all-you-can-watch movies as an on-demand service for the equivalent of $20 a month. It could be done cheaper than blockbuster's program, and I wouldn't have to go anywhere.

I know I'm probably killing the industry buy doing this but... Who pays for movies anymore?

I wouldn't want to double click to show someone a movie collection.

Once again, the industry sabotages a great idea through the naiive belief that they can charge any price regardless of the medium. I don't buy movies on Amazon Unbox, even though a great many of them have been available there, because the same money buys a DVD I can play anywhere. If the format and playback options are limited and the distribution mechanism bypasses middlemen, the price has to be lower, or I skip it.