If you’re not in the know enough to find torrents of first run movies, you’ve probably been wondering what people do with Portable Media Payers. Wonder no longer - Microsoft has launched their video download service. MSN Video download generically claims to offer the latest news, sports, and entertainment for $19.95, all you […]

It’s no surprise when Michael Moore stirs up controversy, and this time he is proving many of his opponents wrong, setting a precedent which will be followed by few of his stature. Moore’s biggest critics have argued that Michael Moore himself is only out to profit from the events of 9/11. Perhaps responding to criticism:

“The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded.”

“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that,” he said.

We never thought we’d see the day where a director openly embraces technology that potentially takes money out of their pockets, but hey, we approve - so fire up your Bittorrent clients (if you haven’t done so already).

Moore: pirate my film, no problem - [Sunday Herald]
Moore: pirate my film, no problem.

Expanding upon the success of Netflix comes a company with an interesting new idea: Peerflix. Peerflix, for $5 a month (cost includes bubble mailers), is basically a Peer-to-Peer DVD trading network via the mail.

It’s great to see ideas like this given a chance, though this one will have a hard time making it mainstream. Hopefully, as more and more start-ups take risks and innovate, some form of online DVD swapping (aside from Bittorrent) will ensue.