UK Movie download service?

[alexprice]

Hello,

Can anybody help? I want to be able to legally download movies to watch on my Mac. I live in the UK and have tried BT, AOL, LoveFilm, Unbox, iTunes etc etc. Some of them provide movie downloads in the UK, but not on a Mac.

Amazon had this to say "Greetings from Amazon.com.

Thank you for writing to us about purchasing and watching Unbox videos
on your Macintosh computer.

Unfortunately, Apple Computer Inc. has exclusive rights to the
hardware and software that would make this possible for Amazon.com to
provide Unbox downloads for these devices. Because of these
restrictions, we are unable to make our Unbox downloads compatible
with these products.

We value our international customers and hope to make content
available in your location in the future. Please continue to check our
website for additional information on supported locations.

Thank you for your feedback and interest in Amazon Unbox.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Thank you for your interest in Amazon Unbox."

What ever thats supposed to mean.

Any ideas? Must be legal. Thanks.

 

[jonharris200]

I know I'm being picky, but in UK we don't have movies. We have films.

 

[alexprice]

I know I'm being picky, but in UK we don't have movies. We have films.

 

[gavd]

There aren't any services which work with Mac's at the moment. It's all to do with DRM restrictions.

 

[Applespider]

Any ideas? Must be legal. Thanks.

Nope...

You'll either have to wait til Apple add movies/tv to the UK iTMS or license Fairplay (the first is probably more likely)

or you'll have to wait until Microsoft make a version of WMP10 for Macs.

You could try going to lots of consumer groups and complaining that the TV companies are helping MS maintain their monopoly by not making WMP10 available - who knows, they're getting riled up about iTunes being a close shop after all.

Alternatively, just buy DVDs when they hit the bargain bin

 

[alexprice]

Thanks for the reply, its a real shame that iTunes in the UK doesn't have films.

 

[72930]

Thanks for the reply, its a real shame that iTunes in the UK doesn't have films.

Hopefully they'll come with the release of tv, otherwise no one would buy it...