BBC News: Film fans get permanent downloads
Fans will pay £19.99 for a DVD of their chosen film plus two digital copies to keep indefinitely – one for their home computer and one for a portable device.
Universal said it could “completely revolutionise” how people watch movies.
However users will not be able to burn copies of the films to DVD themselves and the files will be compatible only with PCs and Windows software.
I’ll be surprised if this actually comes to fruition. It sounds like a fine idea and I’m sure a number of people if asked would say this is something they’d be interested in but in reality I think there would be little take up of the service. People don’t necessarily want to purchase digital copies of their movies they just want to watch movies they purchased when and where they want and on whatever device they choose. This might mean purchasing a digital file or it might mean ripping the content off the DVD they bought previously.
