Sony to offer downloadable movies

Technewsworld.com reports in an article written by Jennifer LeClaire

Sony plans to digitize its top 500 films and make them available via Movielink, a video-on-demand joint venture between Sony Pictures and several other major studios, as well as on mobile phones and via proprietary digital stores within the next year.

Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media, applauded Sony's strategy. He told TechNewsWorld that the move demonstrates a recognition that the illegal file-swapping that has plagued the music industry could cause problems for the film industry if left unaddressed.

"The best way to meet the challenge is to offer a legal alternative," Leigh said. "The devil is going to be in the details. If Sony is going to offer downloadable movies that make consumers jump through a lot of hoops and deal with a lot of proprietary formats that don't work reliably, then it's a tempest in a teapot."

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