The Walt Disney Co. has teamed with CinemaNow Inc. to make the animated hit Chicken Little and other studio features available online for downloading. Titles will be released digitally on the same day they arrive on DVD, with new releases costing around $20 a rip. CinemaNow has similar partnerships in place with Sony Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate.
The movies will be downloaded in Windows Media format and encrypted to prevent piracy. Users will not be able to burn titles to a DVD, even for personal use. In addition, a licensing restriction allows movie files to be loaded onto a computer only three times. CinemaNow plans to offer portability in the near future, and will provide users with a free portable version of each purchase.
Other Disney titles slated for download with CinemaNow include the live-action features Glory Road, Flightplan, Eight Below and Annapolis. For more information on CinemaNow, go to www.cinemanow.com.
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