Some time ago, the Screengrab reported on Apple's freshly announced streaming movie rental service. At the time, we noted that it was overpriced, clumsy, and a classic example of valuing the rapid dissemination of computer technology over the actual value of that technology to the consumer. We predicted that whoever was the winner in the upcoming war between Apple and Netflix for streaming video rental, the consumer would likely be the loser until the bullheadedness of the studios over digital rights management was overcome.
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