20th Century Fox DVDs to Include Free Copy to View on iPod, Apple TV

[cliffbo]

not that will help to sell Ipods LOLOL!!!

come on look on the funny side :-p


20th Century Fox DVDs to Include Free Copy to View on iPod, Apple TV
01/15/08

Twentieth Century Fox and Apple today announced Digital Copy for iTunes, a new program by which customers who purchase a DVD are also granted an additional Digital Copy of the movie. Like movies purchased on iTunes, an iTunes Digital Copy can be transferred to iTunes and then viewed on a PC or Mac, iPod with video, iPhone or on Apple TV.

The first DVD to make its debut with iTunes Digital Copy is the Special Edition DVD premiere of the Family Guy Star Wars parody. Called "Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest," the DVD is in stores today. Fox and Apple will release more DVDs with iTunes Digital Copy later this year.

The new iTunes Digital Copy works like this: Once a consumer buys the DVD, they must insert it into their computer, enter a unique code into iTunes, and iTunes will then automatically copy the movie to the consumer's iTunes library. Customers own the iTunes Digital Copy of the movie outright. All iTunes Digital Copy movies can be viewed on a computer, iPod with video, iPhone and Apple TV -- yep, just like a regular iTunes video.

Each DVD will only transfer its iTunes Digital Copy to one iTunes library.

http://www.gametab.com/news/1159826/

[IEatFriedPikmin]

I think that's pretty cool. I think I will make use of this feature at least a few times.

[Zeep]

If I ever bought DVDs I would definitely take advantage of this.

[Eidorian]

Amazon.com's MP3 sales helps sell the iPod for me. The lack of AAC support on other players is my issue.

That and Windows Media Player.

[Zeep]

(Though this is a bit off-topic) I read an article earlier today about theories that Amazon's mp3 sales would overthrow iTunes as the leading digital music distributor, citing the lack of DRM's as the main reason. My two reactions to this were:

1. That's not really fair to Apple, since Steve Jobs has been pressing the record industry to abandon DRMs for some time now. But for some reason the record industry ignored him until Amazon showed up.

2. So what if it does? Apple will still sell iPods and people will still have to use iTunes to load the songs. In fact, Amazon's mp3 downloader copies the files to iTunes automatically anyways, effectively promoting their prime competition. In other words, it seems to me like the two should be able to coexist just fine.