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Article: iTunes Digital Copy.(Mac Beat)(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)(Brief article)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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During his keynote, Steve Jobs invited Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, to speak about the movie-rental partnership between the two companies. Gianopulos also told the audience that Fox would begin including an iTunes-and iPod-compatible file, known as the iTunes Digital Copy, with some of its DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
Using a Digital Copy is a less time-consuming--and less legally dicey--procedure than ripping your own DVDs with HandBrake in order to view those movies on an iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. As of press time, Fox is the only company that has released a movie with an iTunes Digital Copy, and only one specific DVD at that: Family Guy ...