Mega-retailer Wal-Mart has officially thrown its hefty retailing power into the video download business, launching a test version of its video downloading service. Unlike many Wal-Mart offerings, the pricing on Wal-Mart’s service isn’t significantly lower than other (legal) options out there, but Wal-Mart does have one thing going for it that no one else can boast (especially Apple’s iTunes service): it has all six major Hollywood studios on board and ready to roll.
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Movie Studios Sue Retailer For Piracy
The lawsuit, filed in New York by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and Paramount Pictures Corp., marks the first time a movie company has sued a retailer of the forbidden software by 321 Studios Inc.
Other retailers voluntarily halted sales of the software after federal judges in New York and California
New York Court Bans DVD XCOPY
DVD software provider 321 Studios suffered another legal setback Wednesday when a New York judge granted a preliminary injunction barring the company from manufacturing, distributing, or otherwise trafficking in software that allows users to copy DVDs.
U.S. District Judge Richard Owen, in case 1:03-cv-08970-RO, sided with Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Film in ordering 321 Studios to stop distributing products that violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Motion Picture Association of America says in a statement praising the court decision.
Read the full story at PC World.
JVC adds DTS to D-VHS format
It will be an optional sound system in addition to mandatory Dolby Digital and MPEG Audio (MPEG-1/layer 2). The D-VHS D-Theater platform incorporates a proprietary encryption system to prevent theunauthorized duplication of high value content. The DTS system has been added as an option to the D-Theater platform for HD prerecorded content in the North American market.
In January 2002, JVC announced the development of the D-VHS D-Theater platform incorporating a proprietary encryption system to enable the release of high definition content from major film studios.D-VHS D-Theater content is currently the only software platform in the world that allows consumers to view high definition content surpassing HD broadcast standards.
THQ picks up wireless gaming licenses
A multi-year deal with Twentieth Century Fox grants THQ Wireless the rights to develop and distribute games based on The Simpsons, which remains one of the most popular TV shows in the world and has recently aired its 300th episode.
THQ plans to release the first Simpsons wireless service in the USA in the second half of this year, incorporating a variety of games, graphics and MMS/SMS applications.
Closer to home, THQ Wireless has also sealed a deal with the London-based Ministry of Sound, one of the biggest independent record labels in the world and, of course, arguably the most famous nightclub in the UK.
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