The era of downloadable major motion pictures is nearing, but the biggest players are taking baby steps: Amazon is about to inch its way into the digital movie download market. The company will launch a new service in Spring 2006 with at least two studios. Either a customer would pay for a download of a copy of a movie with the fee applied toward the purchase of a DVD; or be required to buy a DVD and then permitted to download that movie while the DVD is on its way. [Digital Media Thoughts]
