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Movielink Announces Option To Burn DVDs

July 18th, 2006

Movielink, the much maligned movie download website, has improved the usefulness of its offering by announcing that consumers will be able to burn purchases to DVD.At the moment, downloading a movie from Movielink ties you into watching it on your PC (or presumably the TV connected to your PC if you are so inclined). For most users this resulted in an unsatisfactory experience which didn’t inspire repeat shopping.

Movielink have now tied up this loose end by partnering with Sonic Solutions who produce the AuthorScript media burning software which supports a variety of DRM types. In theory this should prevent copying of the burned DVDs, but in reality they will be no harder to rip than any commercial DVD.

The only cloud on the horizon for Movielink, and it’s a big one, is that they aren’t being bowled over by movie studio support at the moment. Prior to this announcement there were rumours that Movielink was up for sale, bolstered by the news that some studios were signing digital distribution deals with other companies.

However, Movielink remains bullish. “We are anticipating an industry resolution to establish rules for converting secure Internet-delivered Movielink downloads into a secure format compatible with DVD players,” Movielink CEO Jim Ramo said in a statement.

Movielink is still only available to users in the USA.

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