Download Your Favorite Film Online?
September 6th, 2000
In today's Variety there is an article that quotes Jack Valenti (Motion Picture Association), "Hollywood features will be available for secure download via the Internet in as little as one year."
He went on to tell Variety that, "We've got the best cyber-brains working on it. They're devising encryption and watermarks that will block theft, and they assure me that everything can be in place to deliver full-length films to the consumer at a price that is reasonable and fair, within one year."
Valenti continued by emphasizing that theft of intellectual property still has to be dealt with and addressed.
Frankly the major hurdle to clear is the increase in theft that will follow when motion pictures are available online. Also, I'm not convinced that the bandwidth is there yet to support downloadable pictures. The average connection speed online is still around 33.6 last I read, that ain't good enough for downloading pictures. You better have a DSL connection.
-- Chris Wehner
He went on to tell Variety that, "We've got the best cyber-brains working on it. They're devising encryption and watermarks that will block theft, and they assure me that everything can be in place to deliver full-length films to the consumer at a price that is reasonable and fair, within one year."
Valenti continued by emphasizing that theft of intellectual property still has to be dealt with and addressed.
Frankly the major hurdle to clear is the increase in theft that will follow when motion pictures are available online. Also, I'm not convinced that the bandwidth is there yet to support downloadable pictures. The average connection speed online is still around 33.6 last I read, that ain't good enough for downloading pictures. You better have a DSL connection.
-- Chris Wehner
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