20th Century Fox has begun selling DVD’s equipped with a technology called Digital Copy for iTunes in the UK.
Introduced in January 2008 at an Apple trade event and until now only available on some titles sold in the USA, the first such title being, ‘Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest’.
What the move means is UK and US customers who purchase a DVD also get an additional Digital Copy of the movie which can be popped inside iTunes, and then played back on the computer or Apple’s range of digital devices.
The first film including the feature to reach the US is the ‘What Happens in Vegas’, movie starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. However, each DVD will only transfer its iTunes Digital Copy to one iTunes library.
“One of the most requested features DVD buyers have been asking for is the ability to get the movies they bought into their iTunes library,” said Jim Gianopulos, chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment.
Here’s the obligatory YouTube promo clip for the film.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
[...] iTunes DigitalCopy kommer nå til Europa – i første omgang til Storbritannia. DigitalCopy er 20th Century Fox’ forsøk på å undergrave ulovlig fil(m)deling på nett. Samtidig ønsker man å imøtekomme forbrukeren ved å gjøre det lettere å ha glede av sine digitale medier på ulike avspillnigsenheter uten å kriminalisere de gjennom brudd og omgåelse av DRM-beskyttelser. DigitalCopy er en digital kopi av en DVD-film som kan overføres til iTunes og deretter en Mac, AppleTV eller iPod for avspilling etter eget forgodtbefinnende. DVDen kan så lagres et beskyttet sted. Om vi får gleden av dette i Norge gjenstår å se – om ikke annet kan man nå importere PAL-DVDer med denne muligheten (selv om den digitale kopien sannsynligvis kommer i en oppløsning av 640 x 480). Via Distorted-Loop [...]
September 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am
[...] Distorted-Loop meddelar att iTunes Digital Copy finns i Europa, till en början i Storbritannien, och fler länder [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
[...] Digital Copy was introduced in January 2008 at an Apple event and only recently became available with some 20th Century Fox titles sold in the [...]
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Whats the difference between 8mm film versus 8mm? I don’t see any differences…