This is a step in the right direction. Silicon.Com is reporting the following:
Original music download heavyweight Napster is considering remaking itself as a movie download site too. Speaking at the Midem music conference, Napster CEO Chris Gorog said the company was considering offering movies alongside its current catalogue of some one million music tracks.
“We are currently considering moving into video, particularly to tap the younger video-game generation,” he told delegates, according to the Financial Times. “I do think that while there are huge players in the delivery of movies like Sky, there could be a role for Napster.”
Online movie distribution has already taken off to a small degree in the US, with MovieLink and CinemaNow selling films via the web from $2.99 upwards.
I’d like to find out what kind of license this would need. Can you download it and KEEP it? Burn it to disc if you want? Or will it just be an online pay-per-view where a proprietary codec self terminates after 24 hours or something like that?
