Universal Pictures is launching a download-to-own service where you can legally download movies like King Kong on to your computer for the low, low price of thirty-five dollars.

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Dear Universal — are you out of your fucking gourds? Thirty-five dollars? That costs more than heroin.

What a sound strategy to discourage rampant movie piracy: gouge your legitimate customers.

Coming soon: Download-to-own films [CNN]

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