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By Helen Storey Staff Writer
Friday, 24 April 2009
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WHILE you're probably sick of hearing nautical puns already, we just can’t resist. This week saw the ship sinking for the guys at The Pirate Bay, plans for more DVD rental vending machines in the UK, Harry Potter news and a new competition for LoveFilm users.
Pirate Bay verdict makes online DVD rental safer bet
Any internet user who is au fait with torrents can't have failed to have heard the landmark ruling this week in reference to the guys over at The Pirate Bay.
The four Swedes at the helm of torrent-site, The Pirate Bay, have been found guilty of copyright infringement, and ordered to a year's jail sentence, and to pay damages of the equivalent of £2.5m.
While they claim that they never actually linked to any copyrighted material, it probably wasn’t a good idea to use a name containing "Pirate".
The sentence, while bad news for downloaders, is good news for production companies and rental providers alike.
With tougher laws being constantly introduced to combat copyright infringement, and even targeting single users of peer-to-peer networks, online DVD rental can be a far safer option.
You can also take advantage of bonus features, better picture and sound quality, and be safe in the knowledge that the plod won't be turning up at your door any time soon.
Check out the latest online DVD rental free trials here.
UK to go kiosk crazy?
Provider of DVD rental vending machines, The Movie Booth, has just announced a partnership with leading vending expert, Crane Management Systems, which will see thirty new kiosks in place around the country.
In a bid to steal the limelight from the burgeoning success of online DVD rental, could kiosks really be the way forward for DVD rental?
Hot on the tail of the USA, where the machines are already popular features outside supermarkets, the kiosks allow 24-hour rental from as little as a pound.
At present, The Movie Booth has twenty DVD vending machines spanning the UK, in supermarkets, corner shops and in shopping centres.
Each machine holds over 600 titles, and allows you to rent with your credit or debit card, with no late fees.
Of course, DVD rental vending machines are no new thing – there are even vending machines that allow you to download to DVD or Blu-ray, but whether they will bulldoze into the success of online rental remains to be seen.
Harry Potter films in UK - one for a summer day trip?
If the recession has put a stop to going on your holiday abroad this year, and you really love Harry Potter, done your finest cape and get yourself down to deepest, darkest Wales for the day.
Pembrokeshire Council has announced that directors for the final Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be using their beachy beauty hot-spot Fresh West to film there.
While roads will be closed, the beach will be kept open when filming commences between May 11-15.
The film is to be released in two parts, in 2010 and 2011, so if you're Potter potty, Wales is the place to be!
And finally... if you want to win something this week...
LoveFilm subscribers get out your internet clicking fingers - to celebrate the cinematic release of animation film Coraline, head over to the LoveFilm website where you have the chance to win a Nintendo DS and Coraline goodies.
Based on the Neil Gaiman novel, and directed by The Nightmare Before Christmas director, Henry Selick, Coraline tell the tale of a young girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who is thrust into an alternative reality. As is the way with this kind of thing, her new alternative life starts to go a bit wrong.
To be in with a chance of winning, you just need to answer a simple question, so go to the LoveFilm DVD rental site and do it now!
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