http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/for-some-reason-dell-and-paramount-are-preloading-pcs-with-iron-man/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:04:55 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/for-some-reason-dell-and-paramount-are-preloading-pcs-with-iron-man/comment-page-1/#comment-934527 Tom R Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:48:41 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45514#comment-934527 You're right it is a strange business model. It's also another nail in the coffin of the movie industry if this proliferates. The music industry died by way of pirated material - period. People can make the I Tunes argument, but that generates a fraction of the revenue that robust cd sales used to produce. People cannot be trusted to do the honorable thing when it comes to intellectual property...they will steal it. Access to movies this way will lead to copying and the bootlegging will crush dvd/blu ray sales. It's insane that the shortsighted greedy bastards behind this push at some studios don't see the apocalyptic nature of it. They will kill the movies the same way the music industry has withered. Why, oh why can't someone in this supposedly sophisticated tech world figure out a way to create definitive anti-pirating, anti-copying protections? A grateful entertainment industry would pay happily for them and it might just put a stop to the horse's asses making bad short-term decisions. You’re right it is a strange business model. It’s also another nail in the coffin of the movie industry if this proliferates. The music industry died by way of pirated material – period. People can make the I Tunes argument, but that generates a fraction of the revenue that robust cd sales used to produce. People cannot be trusted to do the honorable thing when it comes to intellectual property…they will steal it. Access to movies this way will lead to copying and the bootlegging will crush dvd/blu ray sales. It’s insane that the shortsighted greedy bastards behind this push at some studios don’t see the apocalyptic nature of it. They will kill the movies the same way the music industry has withered. Why, oh why can’t someone in this supposedly sophisticated tech world figure out a way to create definitive anti-pirating, anti-copying protections? A grateful entertainment industry would pay happily for them and it might just put a stop to the horse’s asses making bad short-term decisions.

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