I must have blinked and missed a Steve Jobs announcement festival somewhere, because the iTunes Australian Stores is now selling and renting films:
That said, $25 for some new releases and $6 for a ‘rental’ which kills itself (thanks to DRM) after 24 hours (from the time the movie is first played, I think) seems quite a lot. It’ll be interesting to see how many people are willing to start using this service in Australia (and whether Apple will share any stats). [Via PerthNorg]
It was news to me too. I picked a film at random, Robocop, to find that they’ll “sell” it to me for $12.99, yet I can purchase the Robocop trilogy from EzyDVD for $19.83. Hmmm. Which source would I choose?