[meesterdude]

I tried to rent an HD movie (the family man (hey, its the holidays)) on amazon but was told my device (27-inch imac) is not "compatible". Super WTF. A torrented version gives me none of that BS. And its free.

Piracy is mostly a matter of market. The more DRM BS you try to force upon me, the more I'm going to do to not give you any of my money at all.

Even if most people pay for content, any level of piracy is "unacceptable" to these companies. It's not enough that they make a buck, or make quite a few. They have to crap all over the experience in an attempt to stop piracy, which is a fools errand and hurts the people who DO pay for content.

I'll start being reasonable when they stop being unreasonable.

[meesterdude]

Another example: hulu plus still shows ads. I'd happily pay for hulu but not if it means I still have to watch their ads. Classic corporate double-dip. Fuck that, and fuck hulu.

[jotm]

Haha, yes, Amazon, where they offer digital copies of movies that can only be downloaded when your physical copy arrives in the mail. Fooking ridiculous.

[tedunangst]

? All the times I've done that, Amazon sends me a disc in the mail and then gives me an immediate 48 hour rental. I don't wait for the disc. Unless you're talking about the "UltraViolet" or "Digital Copy" thing, but that's not Aamzon. That's the studio. You get the same thing in a store.

Amazon even has a whole page that explains the difference. http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Copy-DVD/b?ie=UTF8&node=721726...

[jotm]

Yes, the Digital Copy - I was very confused about it.