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Now this, I like. My new Inception Blu-Ray (a belated Christmas present from Danielle, and by belated, I mean Amazon failed to put it in the box the first time around and the replacement only came today) is billed as a “triple play” edition. This means it has: The normal HD version of the film on Blu-Ray. A Blu-Ray extras disc. An entire second copy of the film on DVD — presumably for people who have a Blu-Ray player in their lounge but DVD players in their bedroom or their laptops. I don’t care about this but I imagine it’s quite useful to a lot of people. A free download of the SD version of the film on iTunes or some Windows Media format that is doubtless hobbled by some hellish DRM or other. It’s the last part that I like. Should I wish to put a copy of the film on my iPad, I can, legally and cleanly, without having to mess around ripping or transcoding or cracking DRM on content I’ve already paid for. (More than once, whilst ripping a DVD to format shift it, it has occurred to me that it’s both quicker and easier for me to grab a digital copy from peer-to-peer or Usenet than do the transcode myself. I find this deeply irritating.) More of this sort of thing, Hollywood movie firms.

Now this, I like.

My new Inception Blu-Ray (a belated Christmas present from Danielle, and by belated, I mean Amazon failed to put it in the box the first time around and the replacement only came today) is billed as a “triple play” edition. This means it has:

  • The normal HD version of the film on Blu-Ray.
  • A Blu-Ray extras disc.
  • An entire second copy of the film on DVD — presumably for people who have a Blu-Ray player in their lounge but DVD players in their bedroom or their laptops. I don’t care about this but I imagine it’s quite useful to a lot of people.
  • A free download of the SD version of the film on iTunes or some Windows Media format that is doubtless hobbled by some hellish DRM or other.

It’s the last part that I like. Should I wish to put a copy of the film on my iPad, I can, legally and cleanly, without having to mess around ripping or transcoding or cracking DRM on content I’ve already paid for. (More than once, whilst ripping a DVD to format shift it, it has occurred to me that it’s both quicker and easier for me to grab a digital copy from peer-to-peer or Usenet than do the transcode myself. I find this deeply irritating.)

More of this sort of thing, Hollywood movie firms.

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  1. dwineman said: Pay more and waste more plastic to not have my fair use rights taken away by hostile technology? Where do I sign up? (sorry, accidentally read some Doctorow earlier today)
  2. dombarnes said: I got the same Bluray set. You can actually just put the code on the leaflet right into iTunes as if it were a gift card. Saves a step.
  3. bananacasts said: The good news is, this appears to be a trend. Even Disney is doing this. Our copy of Toy Story 3 is a Blu-Ray+DVD+Digital-Copy pack.
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