Movies on the Internet

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This paper discusses the idea of providing movies for download over the internet which has already been entertained by Walt Disney Corporation and Sony Pictures. It first looks at the practicality of the issue and then examines the potential problems of piracy. It concludes with an analysis of how this phenomenon could economically impact brick and mortar companies.

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"Though the movie industry believes that significant profits can be made from Internet downloading the industry does face several challenges. One of the major issues surrounding movie downloads is the amount of Broadband that is available to consumers. Multichannel News explains, "the flight to the Internet has been fraught with turbulence. While broadband growth has been steady, distribution isn't large enough to crack into Hollywood's lucrative sequential window distribution system." (Stump) To combat this challenge the movie industry has began to focus on caching, streaming and content delivery network issues that effect broadband technology. Broadcasting & Cable reports that broadband technology is vital to the ability of consumers to download movies from the Internet. Not only does the technology provide fast and efficient downloads but the quality of the movies is excellent. The magazine explains, "broadband Internet pipelines -- with some additional network enhancements -- are capable of delivering sound and images virtually indistinguishable from a broadcast TV signal." ("Now Playing at Your Local Internet Portal: Movies on the Internet") However, the magazine concedes that the impact of millions of users downloading movies to the Internet's infrastructure is unknown. ("Now Playing at Your Local Internet Portal: Movies on the Internet")."

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