CinemaNow launches first secure DVD download and burn service

Okay its a day late, but I just had to post this. Here is the digg summary:

CinemaNow, Inc., an Internet provider of premium on demand videos, launched July 19tth, a beta service that offers DVD content for secure download and burn through its Web site.

Give I have no idea what the restrictions are on this and if the service itself is any good, but I've been seriously wondering why no one has been tried this out sooner

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EFF Publishes Patent Hit List

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is spoiling for a fight, and on Wednesday it named the top 10 patents it wants killed, or at least redefined. The EFF said all 10 patents are in some way illegitimate and are being used to limit free expression.

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