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Da Dego · 13th Aug 2007, 16:09

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...ideo_rentals/1

On August 15, the doors to Google's online video rental and purchasing service will close after only being open for the past 19 months.

LeMaltor · 13th Aug 2007, 16:14

They do (did) video rentals :O

z3rb · 13th Aug 2007, 16:32

Google did video rentals?

Delphium · 13th Aug 2007, 16:34

Rentals?!!

Guess I wont be missing much then

CardJoe · 13th Aug 2007, 17:01

Hm. Didn't know they did it either. Did anyone?

Likewise, I won't be missing out since I didn't know.

yodasarmpit · 13th Aug 2007, 17:05

wow, didn't have a clue they did this either.

bloodcar · 13th Aug 2007, 17:08

Come to think of it now, I think I might have actually heard about it when it was launched, but I'd never checked it out.

Maybe they should have marketed it better?

leexgx · 13th Aug 2007, 17:48

probably why why are stopping it less then 1000 users have ever used used it lol

i never knew thay did it as well

thay need to make there home page look more like yahoo so thay can show off more services thay offer

naokaji · 13th Aug 2007, 18:13

they maybe should have put a link to it on their main website

as for the loose access and refund only usable in google checkout part... well.. it shows you what drm is really good for... screw over people who are too honest to use pirated stuff.

The_Beast · 13th Aug 2007, 18:25

hey that's my birthday, haha google

steveo_mcg · 13th Aug 2007, 18:47

So you loose content you paid for? fair enough rentals but paid for? Its like a super betamax for the 21st century, and no refunds (do no evil?)

bilbothebaggins · 13th Aug 2007, 20:10

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Originally Posted by Article

That brings up a big question itself.

Actually no. It answers the question: Do you own anything about your DRMed stuff? No, you're just allowed to play it as long as the publisher sees fit.
Bah.

-btb-

Joeymac · 13th Aug 2007, 21:15

I remember they were trying to sell people episodes of CSI and something else... completely forgot about it.. I'm amazed it lasted this long. What kind of donk would pay for such a video???

DXR_13KE · 13th Aug 2007, 23:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by bilbothebaggins

Actually no. It answers the question: Do you own anything about your DRMed stuff? No, you're just allowed to play it as long as the publisher sees fit.
Bah.

-btb-

that is what i hate so much about it.

proxess · 14th Aug 2007, 08:44

Its news like these that remind me of Steam. If anything ever happened to Valve or Valve's Steam, what would happen to our account and our games?!

steveo_mcg · 14th Aug 2007, 08:55

True, the solution keep buying half life episodes

quack · 14th Aug 2007, 10:41

DRM sucks, and here's a perfect example why.

13th Aug 2007, 16:09	#1
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	Google stops online video rentals http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...ideo_rentals/1 On August 15, the doors to Google's online video rental and purchasing service will close after only being open for the past 19 months. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

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Joeymac Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 221	I remember they were trying to sell people episodes of CSI and something else... completely forgot about it.. I'm amazed it lasted this long. What kind of donk would pay for such a video???

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