Damion Chaplin
03-11-2006, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/reuters/technologyNews?m=1622' target='_blank'>http://feeds.feedburner.com/reuters/technologyNews?m=1622</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Amazon.com Inc. is in advanced talks with several major Hollywood studios about creating a service that allows consumers to download and copy movies and television programs, sources familiar with the discussions said on Friday...Several publications reported that Amazon was close to completing a deal with Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros, specifically, but spokesmen at the three studios either declined to comment or were unavailable for comment."</i><br /><br />Yesss! First we hear that <a href="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,9810&sid=d6d39e214fa6b7073302376b6d8604d8">Amazon is taking on the iPod</a>, and now, unsurprisingly, we find that they're going to take on iTunes as well. At last we'll have a legal means of obtaining movies and TV shows without them being tethered to a specific type of player. I personally can't wait, although it should be noted that Amazon offering movies and such for download will sound the death knell for my Netflix subscription... How about you?