[Stubblecat]

Ugh. Divx. Forgot about that.

Divx was supposed to be the death knell for both DVD and movie rental places. It ended up being neither.

I could go to a Wiki about it, but I prefer my old rusty memory:

Your Divx player was hooked up online, and you could 'rent' a movie for some fairly low price. It could only be watched a couple of times before it was deleted or you chose to pay to keep it encoded onto a disc.
But even then the disc would only play on your specific player. And there was no packaging or labelling on top of that.

Short story long: It tanked.


I do like your line of thinking regarding copyright, licensing and Fair Use.
The film industry has yet to tackle what the music industry is now facing, but they should give their heads a shake and start thinking about the future, or soon enough the consumer will revolt.