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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