Comments on: Google To Shut Down Paid Video Site http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Google shuts down pay-per-download movie site · TechBlogger http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177489 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:35:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177489 [...] Read [...]

]]> By: Top Posts « WordPress.com http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177488 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:59:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177488 [...] Google To Shut Down Paid Video Site [qi:_newteevee] Google will be discontinuing paid rentals and downloads five days from now. Not only will videos no […] [...]

]]> By: Ryan Scott http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177487 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:10:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177487 DRM – same reason I don’t buy from Itunes and never will. Treat your customers like criminals and you won’t get to keep those customers.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177486 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:16:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177486 So I no longer own the product I purchased, they are taking it away from me without my permission? Isn’t that called stealing? Or at least an unreasonable seizure?

Another reason I buy music/film/software on discs or immediately burn-to-disc anything purchased over the Internet.

]]> By: Nick Caldwell http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177485 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:08:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177485 A whole bunch of consumers just got an object lesson in the perils of DRM.

]]> By: wayne http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177484 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:28:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177484 I think the $ credit is equal to the original purchase price of the content. I bought an NBA game featuring Kobe’s 81 point explosion at $4.95 and am now getting a $5 google checkout certificate.
This is horrible precedent in a fragmented digital media marketplace where we are trying to get consumers comfortable with non-physical goods…should help Apple by comparison. (where your purchases will always work..stop experimenting with the other guys)

]]> By: Robert Dewey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177483 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:07:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177483 Scary… and we’re supposed to trust Google with all of our data? :-0

That’s a pretty raw deal: “…previously purchased videos will no longer be playable”

]]> By: startupflames.com http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177482 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:36:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177482 Why do you think Google did this? To consolidate some of their video offerings? Will youtube have some new features to replace this? I never used the service, but it seemed like it sucked anyway.

]]> By: Mithras http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177481 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:17:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/10/google-to-shut-down-paid-video-site/#comment-177481 …and that is why DRMd audio and video that requires a key verification (as they probably all do) suck rocks, to use the term of art.

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