Disney Will Start Selling Movies Over the Internet

Disney is about to join studios Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Lionsgate and, together with CinemaNow, to start selling movies over the Internet.

Initially, users will be able to purchase new and old movies to view on their computers, and later this month, the goods will also work with portable devices.

News agency Reuters quoted Bruce Eisen, CinemaNow's President, as saying that the prices would be similar to those for DVDs or about $20 per new title and $10 for some of the older films. The CinemaNow official also said that the movies can be transferred to up to three devices, which include laptops and other portables.

The first title released by Disney is "Glory Road", which will be available starting tomorrow.

CinemaNow users will not be able to burn their movies on DVDs, movie studios not being ready for this leap.
But where Hollywood studios fail, companies dealing with adult content succeed.

Vivid Entertainment and CinemaNow debuted a service which allows users to download adult movies that they can burn on DVDs. The novelty is that the DVD can be viewed on any device and it's not restricted to the computer on which it has been downloaded.

The only restriction imposed by Vivid is the compulsory usage of CinemaNow's burning application, which prevents a copied DVD from being duplicated.