You spot a new movie on iTunes that you want to see, and perhaps even add it to your cartLater, you go back to rent or buy the movie but all traces of it seem to have disappeared! It’s not in your cart. In fact, you can’t find it in iTunes at all. Has this ever happened to you?
It’s probably because the movie’s due to be shown on TV in the future. CNet wrote about the phenomenon:
Apple is an Internet retailer and Netflix is a Web video rental service, but Hollywood treats them as if they are potential competitors to TV broadcasters.
For those who rely on viewing movies and TV shows on the computer for accessibility reasons, this can be a big problem. Unfortunately, I don’t have any solutions for you, but at least now you’ll know what’s happening.
Website: TV has license to kill movies at iTunes, Netflix
- Ricky Buchanan
Tech Blog March 27, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I don’t advocate piracy, but you have to admit the easiest way to watch anything on your computer/ipod, without all the hassle is by using torrent. :0