“While a crippled movie-download service (only available for Windows PCs, and you can’t burn a copy that works in your DVD player) might have limited appeal,”

Gee, that is until some enterprising hacker has 5 days (or hours) to kill and cracks the protection mechanism.

Seriously folks, when are you going to learn? Downloading “copy-protected” movies is like taping a “Break Me” sign onto a plate glass window in a room full of hammers.

Calling the next DVD Jon or Muslix64…the world needs you, and many more like you.

I am reminded of the Twilight Zone episode, “It’s a Good Life” where a boy, Anthony, has the power to wishes people into the corn filed or turns them into a jack-in-the-box if he does not like them. This is why the studios are playing along. They probably do not believe in WalMart’s abilities in this area, but they don’t want to be wished out to the cornfield.