When Toy Story 3 came out on DVD in November, Wal-Mart offered buyers a digital copy via Vudu.
How often do you make a deliberate note of the author of an interesting piece of digital copy?
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Ever wanted a 3D digital copy of all those Little League trophies?
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The other reason behind making digital copy of the artefacts is to ensure that they are preserved for future generations.
When customers buy a Crane invitation through Paperless Post, they can also get a digital copy to send to people online.
Coincidentally, at the same time Coelho found an unauthorized digital copy of The Alchemist, which he promptly posted on his website.
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Even better, customers who purchase a new CD will receive their digital copy before the actual, physical CD arrives at their doorstep.
Who, for instance, buys a digital copy of a book for their Kindle only to go out and buy a hardcover version?
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The digital copy is presented in English 2.0 Stereo with no subtitles.
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Similarly, if the entertainment industry got its act together, it might be able to stop Microsoft defining the standard for digital copy-protection.
AutoRip, which is only available in the US, will automatically keep a digital copy of eligible CDs in a customer's cloud storage account.
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Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
Once I have a hi-res digital copy, I add in the text using Adobe Illustrator and export the final version to jpeg (for web) or TIFF (for print).
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The two-disc set available for purchase also includes a digital copy of the film and will be enabled with UltraViolet, a new way to collect, access and enjoy movies.
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Depending on how much you pledge, you can get one of a dozen different thank you gifts including a digital copy of the movie, DVDs, t-shirts, books, original artwork, and even a producer credit on the film.
What I should be doing, of course, is buying a digital copy of the movie or bringing the DVD that I paid for with me to play on a portable player or laptop, both of which sound not so fun.
Vudu is available on thousands of devices (including TVs and PlayStation consoles) and it can work with Wal-Mart to do things like offering a free digital copy of a movie like Toy Story 3 with every purchase of the physical DVD.
Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download.
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The biggest action-adventure superstars from around the world reunite in the next chapter of The Expendables franchise, The Expendables 2, exploding into homes on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital Copy plus UV), DVD (plus Digital Copy plus UV), Digital Download, On Demand and Pay-Per-View November 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
UltraViolet is a common file format and digital rights authentication system designed to allow a digital copy of a film or television show bought from any vendor physical or electronic to be played on any one of 12 devices owned by up to six members of a household, either via download or streaming from the cloud.
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Providing viewers with the ultimate in-home experience, the premium 4-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack provides 5-unique ways to enjoy "Marvel's The Avengers" (on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy and Digital Download of "Avengers Assembled" Music from and inspired by the film) and brings to life the Super Hero team-up of a lifetime in a whole new dimension on Blu-ray hi-def with stunning visual effects, superior sound and unparalleled bonus content.
Disclosure: Codemasters supplied a digital download copy of F1 2011 for review purposes.
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With the growing popularity of digital media and pay-for-download content, that scenario is made more difficult thanks to digital rights management copy-protection schemes, abbreviated as DRM, that make it nearly impossible to move or copy our music, movies and TV shows to the different devices we use every day.
Even then, the service would not release digital assets without examining a copy of the customer's death certificate, Toeman said.
The VX2258wm features full HD resolution at 1080p, as well as compatibility with any device supporting the High Bandwidth Digital Protection (HBDP) copy protection system.
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Both Moon and board game retailers were were initially worried that digital sales would cannibalize hard-copy sales.
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Publishers unhappy with Apple's iTunes pricing policies have marginalized the company's ability to offer music free of onerous copy protections known as digital rights management.
It runs both Xbox's gaming interface and the Windows Media Centre Edition, and it can, connected to a TV in the lounge, or the bedroom, pull HD video, including live, streamed, pre-downloaded, copy-protected, digital rights managed video from your PC onto your TV.
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