A footnote: Today (11/11/02) a number of studios opened a website called
Movielink (www.movielink.com) at which movies can be downloaded for a
nominal fee. Obviously the studios see the wave of the future and
just as obviously they plan to control this aspect of distribution,
too. Whether they are permitted to do so remains to be seen -- but if
they do, it would be a blow to the more democratic prospect of a level
playing field that the Web could make possible.
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