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Originally Posted by teh603
You've already forgotten the original implementation of DiVX? You buy a movie disc, and every time you play it, the player bills your credit card if you haven't bought an expensive non-transferrable Gold Pass for that movie. Its a technology that mostly went the way of the Betamax, for obvious reasons. No matter what the movie houses released as DiVX, retailers preferred to stock DVDs and customers preferred to buy them.
You also don't technically own it; you're bound by a contract of adhesion to not do certain things from the moment you open the wrapper. I wouldn't be surprised if you've missed your date to report to the Gates mansion as a towel boy.  |
I am going to have to google DiVX. I haven't bought DVDs for years, but the ones I do have I have been able to play without a credit card being billed.
Edited: DiVX is something I have neither used nor experienced. So yes, I've already forgotten it
But seriously, that is an absolute rip off to those who have! And people wonder why I borrow DVDs from the library?