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Cin�zime begins selling DRM-free movies

31 March 2007 16:02 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 3 comments

Cin�zime, a French "video on demand" company for independent movies, will now offer some of its movies without DRM.

Next to many DRM-protected movies, the company will sell 100 DRM-free movies, a good portion of which are free.

The company was able to convince some producers to sell their movies without DRM in a move that mirrors developments in the online music market in France.

Orna Ghenassia, the founder and manager of Cin�zime, had this to say about the decision: � I am convinced that ultimately a majority of movies will become DRM-free. DRMs do not stop piracy. However, they hinder the development of VOD. By unlocking the movies we open our catalogues [notably] to Mac users�.

Users who purchase the DRM-free music must first accept a license agreement that states that the movie can only be viewed within a circle of friends and family members and not distributable to other persons. This is �in order to protect the rights of authors who trust you� the license states.

We can hope that moves like these will be successful and the model will move from independent producers to a full DRM-free market.

Source:
French-Law

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WierdName (Senior Member) 31 March 2007 23:24
Until the MPAA and RIAA die, pigs fly, dogs talk, and theres world piece, we're gonna be stuck with at least some DRM infected media :( [ + quote]
limelight (Member) 1 April 2007 6:03
This will be shut down in a month. [ + quote]
georgeluv (Member) 2 April 2007 19:09
the french have always lead the way in pro-p2p law making. when i search for videos all the english ones give max speeds of like 40-100 kbs and the french ones clock in at over a meg. [ + quote]