Everyone but Apple joins new "buy once, play anywhere" group

Buying a movie online is simple; it’s watching it on the device you want that’s hard. The movie studios have been reluctant to allow DVD burning from online stores (and when they do, it doesn’t always work), spawning a whole cottage industry of creative solutions for getting digital downloads onto the TV set. And slapping that newly-purchased Sopranos episode onto your iPod or PSP or Zune for a bit of mobile entertainment? Fuggedaboutit.

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