New Digital Copies on the actual Blu-ray Disc from Sony exclusively for the PSP
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Sep 29th 2009 11:40AM
posted Sep 29th 2009 11:40AM
Digital Copies packaged in with DVDs and Blu-ray Discs are an old hat, but now Sony is adding a new twist. Up until now, a DVD was bundled in with a Blu-ray Disc just to deliver the Digital Copy. This way you could put the DVD into any PC or Mac and grab the Digital Copy of the main feature. What Sony is doing now is something that was demoed at CES 2008, which is to store a PSP friendly copy, on the actual Blu-ray Disc. This way all you have to do is insert the disc into a PlayStation 3 and transfer it directly over to a PSP -- no computer required. This of course doesn't help those who'd prefer to watch the Digital Copy on their PC or iPod, so they'll still need to continue to look for an extra DVD in the box. All this fun starts November 10th with the release of Godzilla and The Ugly Truth, both of which sport the PSP copy on the Blu-ray Disc, but only The Ugly Truth will also come with the DVD with the traditional Digital Copy.
DRM is so annoying, but the easier they make it for us the less likely we will resort to torrents.
Just putting it on a DVD would be easier although so far I am not sure why a "digital copy" disc is even necessary. The Disney ones that I have used go through iTunes they probably could have just had me download with a code. The Sony PSP one probably goes through the Playstation store. They might as well just offer a one time coupon code and call it a day.
I think they want to save the bandwidth(cost) and promote ps3 sales, also it's more secure DRM for them.
That's what you get for buying The Ugly Truth
How about using the space on the disc for better picture quality and audio fidelity that Blu-ray is supposed to be about, rather than filling it up with useless junk.
As long as they don't charge more for it I don't care what they include. I don't have a PSP so I would have zero interest in getting one with a digital copy for PSP. I prefer to not get any digital copies at all if they're going to cost me money. I'd just assume buy ONLY the disc with the best quality movie I can get and pay the least possible for it.
Yea, MW2 is a more compelling reason to look forward to November 10.
And you all deserve this for supporting Sony's blu-ray. It's only going to get worse.
Compared to what? HD-DVD which didn't have any managed copy at all? Or compared to digital streaming like Netflix that can't be ripped at all without extraordinary effort?
"Sony's blu-ray" ? The irony: they own only 1/3 the Blu-ray IP.
Butthurt much?
I have been waiting for PS3 to PSP direct movie transfer from Blu-ray. But not with those movies... But it should still come with the iTunes code too!!!
What are you going to do with the iTunes code? Unless you have a Blu-ray drive in your PC, you can't use that disk in your PC at all.
The iTunes code would let you DL through iTunes for the PC/iPod/iPhone. I like it when I buy a movie and can put it on any of the devices I have.
I have a digital copy of all my Blu_rays....no sticker required!
That's pretty cool! I was going to ask that since I have a Blu-ray drive for my PC if I could stick it into my PC instead and digital copy it to my iPod.
But then I realized I have Any DVD-HD and handbrake, so I can do it without a need for "digital copy" or DRM. And it doesn't even take up extra space on the disc!
Anyone notice the pic is from Star Wars? Obviously fake, but still....
It's a shot of the Family Guy Star Wars DVD - http://cgi.ebay.com/Family-Guy-STAR-WARS-Blue-Harvest-2-DVD-digital-copy-+_W0QQitemZ250505343372QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090928?IMSfp=TL090928152001r4665#ht_500wt_1182
good call. A lot of work to make a super small image for this post.
Oh, gee, thanks Sony! Let's see, in order to view a movie on my portable device (easily, mind you) I have to buy $700 worth of equipment. I don't have a Zune, but I'm led to believe that it does essentially what the iPod Touch/iPhone does, namely, logon to iTunes via WiFi, and download the movie to the device, which then syncs to my computer when I get home. Hmmm, buy a device for legacy media (Blu Ray), and a portable gaming device that doesn't do much else (easily), or buy a Zune or and iPod to pair with the thing use every single day? The phone/pmp paradigm will win this little war, and Sony's strategy will collapse into obsolescence within a decade.
That's not what the iPhone/iPod Touch do with digital copy. They don't download the movie, it comes on a DVD. It just gets info from the net to decrypt the movie on the disc. Downloading 16 bytes is nearly free, the bandwidth for a movie costs money.
Yes, if you buy the movie normally off the iTunes store it does download it, but then it costs a lot more than free that way, doesn't it?
R2DT: you are correct. My point was that the Zune/iPhone paradigm is more flexible in real world scenarios. If I'm at an airport and I want to watch a new release, I can just download the movie via WiFi. Perhaps the PSP-9000xtSE does that as well, and, if so, great! Having to hunt down a disc, boot the PS3, navigate through the managed copy menus, plug-in the PSP, sync the copy to the device, then get another disc, and do that whole thing all over again if I want a second movie just seems like a lot of hassle. Plus, if I'm stuck in some God awful airport, the PS3 option isn't a real option. Too many steps leads to confusion, heartache and cursing. This managed copy scheme seems like a great opportunity to scream at a PS3, but not much else.
If they come to PSP then priracy is coming through for the movies.
Finally... about friggin time! They talked about doing this ages ago.
How about just enabling RemotePlay for DVDs and Blurays?
The problem is only Sony allows PSP digital copy. I wanted to play with it a while back to my PSP 2K and most of my movies weren't Sony and didn't support PSP DC. Until they standardize on what devices are supported, DC is worthless.