Movie Burning Kiosks Coming To Retailers 173
Vitaly Friedman writes "The motion picture industry is in talks with some major retailers about installing DVD burning kiosks in stores. It's an interesting idea, but one that almost entirely misses the point. Hollywood's movie distribution system is in dire need of a fix - very few will dispute that. Movie attendance has been suffering, DVD sales are slumping, and all the industry has managed to do is come up with a half-baked, unpopular download service and a scant handful of simultaneous releases. In another attempt to sort of give consumers what they want, the motion picture industry is thinking about allowing retailers to set up in-store kiosks for distribution."
Movie burning? (Score:5, Funny)
I have one already... (Score:5, Funny)
It's called BitTorrent.
AE
Well, I guess the obvious question is... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well, I guess the obvious question is... (Score:3, Funny)
Industry insiders describe... (Score:3, Funny)
~jeff
First Amendment issue: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:DVD cannibalising the industry? (Score:2, Funny)
True, but instead we get non-skippable "informational" commercials calling us pirates and sprouting corporate bullshit about how pirates are not only evil, but also communists.