Comments on: A Quick Look at the DRM restrictions of iTunes Movie Rentals

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:36:49 +0000

“And besides, if need be, a rented movie can be COPIED”
“This rental concept is flawed” that’s probably what the studio bosses were thinking when they looked at physical rentals. Then they came up with DRM and 24h hour limits

By: Ronjamin

Ronjamin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:03:50 +0000

I’ll never “Rent” a $3.99 movie at iTunes when I can get them cheaper at the video store down the road and keep them for 5 days.

And besides, if need be, a rented movie can be copied……..and then watched as needed.

This rental concept is flawed.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:19:21 +0000

@Steve

No, I haven’t tried that. I might do that tonight and see if it works.

Thanks for the tip!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:29:43 +0000

Michael, have you tried making a 2nd user account on your Mac Mini? You can sync 2 iPhones on 1 computer, but they need their own library, I’d try copying over the movie to the 2nd user account and sync from there?

By: Rick Rouse

Rick Rouse — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:40:04 +0000

Rent a movie from iTunes and you can’t watch it on AppleTV! Wow, thanks for the heads up. That’s just stupid. I’ve been tempted to give the rentals a try but I won’t even think about now. I’ll just wait for update! HD content for the AppleTV is what I’ve been waiting for… hope the studios don’t screw it up. Thanks again Michael for taking one for the team!