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U.S. site allows legal movie burning to DVD


MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – An American site has launched that allows consumers to legally download movies and burn to a DVD they can watch on their television. It’s not clear from the Web site, www.cinemanow.com, whether the service is available to Canadians. At press time, the link that said “international” was inactive. CinemaNow, an Internet provider of on-demand videos, has launched a beta service allowing the burning of DVDs to watch later—a U.S. first, it says. This serious bypassing of normal movie delivery channels provides more than 100 titles that include the movie plus all the standard features found...