Via Digital Inspiration, I just learned about MovieLink, a great new service where you can download major Hollywood movies. The site is not compatible with Firefox; which stinks, since according to Market Share Firefox is now in control of 10% of the browser market. You need to have the latest version of Internet Explorer to play with it - if you don't have it, you can download Internet Explorer.

Anyway, I digress-back to MovieLink. What is it and how does it work? From the site:

"Movielink is changing the way America rents and purchases movies. No more trips to the video store. No DVDs to carry or return. Just fast, easy, legal movie downloads direct from the studios that you can watch at home or on the road."

There's two ways to watch these movies: you can rent them for up to 30 days or you can out and out buy them. And there's nothing to pick up or mail or any of that mess; you're downloading them to your computer. Prices start at 8.99 and go up from there. That's the extent of the information on the site at this time, but CNN has more:

"Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.

The films can't be burned onto a disc for viewing on a DVD player. Still, the move is seen as a step toward full digital distribution of movies over the Internet.

....The films available on Movielink can be stored indefinitely on a computer hard drive or transferred to as many as two other computers. The movies can be played on a TV if the computer is part of a home network.

A copy can be burned to a DVD as a backup. Discs can be played on up three PCs authorized by Movielink but cannot be viewed on a standard DVD player because of special security coding."

More Movies on the Web: Get free movie downloads with my list of free movie and video sites, or find bittorrents with Isohunt, a bittorrent search engine.

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