Universal Studios' Movies Now Available on iCloud
HBO agreed to loosen its arrangement with Warner Bros., which is working with iCloud, and also is in talks with Universal and Fox to do the same, the spokesman added.When searching for movies in iTunes, Universal movies no longer contain a warning that the movies are not available through iCloud, while Fox's movies retain the warning:
Universal Studios (left) vs 20th Century Fox (right)Another reader was able to confirm he was able to re-download 40 Year Old Virgin. Previous movie purchases from Universal should now be available for redownload in your previous purchased menu on iTunes.
Fox is also said to be in negotiations with expectations that their movies would also become available through iCloud in the near future.
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Forget it, no way. I won't buy any movie in iCloud. I buy the movie and 2 years from now when Apple and a movie studio start bickering, the studio pulls the movie from iCloud and I get screwed.
not sure you understand how iCloud works.
You buy the movie, it gets downloaded to your device/machine.
If you later want to redownload it you can in iCloud (if available).
There is no "buying a movie in iCloud". There's "buying a movie" and it happens to be available later to redownload (or not).
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I would also like to be able to download the 1080p versions, not 720p.
You can. go to itunes preferences and change it to 1080p and redownload.
Forget it, no way. I won't buy any movie in iCloud. I buy the movie and 2 years from now when Apple and a movie studio start bickering, the studio pulls the movie from iCloud and I get screwed.
if you don't want to buy it on iCloud, then just sync your iDevice up to your computer the old fashioned way by using the usb cable, if you feel safer that way. nothing wrong with that.
This is good, but I happened to notice that Fast Five has been completely removed from iTunes.
Maybe something temporary as it starts on HBO today?
I think it's no longer available for sale during HBO's window, but people who have purchased it before today on iTunes can redownload it from iCloud.
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Forget it, no way. I won't buy any movie in iCloud. I buy the movie and 2 years from now when Apple and a movie studio start bickering, the studio pulls the movie from iCloud and I get screwed.
Well, you could always save a copy of all purchased iTunes content locally. I'm sure you backup your critical data just in case "two years from now you might have a hard drive failure". I don't see any difference.
Maybe we'll eventually see all movies available for purchase in HD, not just SD as well.
I would also like to be able to download the 1080p versions, not 720p.
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