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Posted August 27, 2014
Cause there's no business like show-business!

Our DRM-Free approach to digital distribution has been the foundation of GOG.com since day one and we're convinced it is now firmly rooted in the gaming industry landscape. More and more users start to expect and demand the digital content they paid for to be free from any kind of restrictive mechanisms that limit access to their collections and get in the way of enjoyment. We think this is a good time to take the next step in our quest to make digital entertainment better for everyone. Today we set out to spread our DRM-Free ideas across the movie industry! That's right: GOG.com now offers DRM-Free movies.

Our goal is to offer you cinema classics as well as some all-time favorite TV series with no DRM whatsoever, for you to download and keep on your hard drive or stream online whenever you feel like it. We talked to most of the big players in the movie industry and we often got a similar answer: "We love your ideas, but … we do not want to be the first ones. We will gladly follow, but until somebody else does it first, we do not want to take the risk". DRM-Free distribution is not a concept their lawyers would accept without hesitation. We kind of felt that would be the case and that it's gonna take patience and time to do it, to do it, to do it right. That's quite a journey ahead of us, but every gamer knows very well that great adventures start with one small step. So why not start with something that feels very familiar? We offer you a number of gaming and internet culture documentaries - all of them DRM-Free, very reasonably priced, and presenting some fascinating insight into topics close to a gamer's heart. Now, what do we have in store for you?

- There's a whole new Movie Catalog for you to browse!
- All the movies we sell are priced at $5.99 (that's a launch promo price for a few of them), and we aim to have that as the main price point for most of our future releases
- Two of the movies - The Art of Playing and TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard are available for FREE, so that you can test our new movie distribution features
- Most of our movies are in Full HD 1080p quality, some in 720p. With those of you with limited bandwidth or download quota in mind, we also supply much lighter 576p versions.
- Apart from downloading your movies you have the option to watch them streaming online, right here on GOG.com
- GOG.com is famous for its bonus goodies - each movie will come with as many of them as we can muster
- You can expect subsequent movie releases each week

That's it. GOG.com Movies is a go, time to get some popcorn!
Posted September 02, 2014
I just went and bought four more movies to the first I already bought - so I own now 25% of the movies GOG offers.

Why did I do that?

Well, because I like the idea behind those movies, of course.

And because I like the idea of GOG selling DRM-free movies.

And because I want them to meet the people behind the big studios again in - let's say - a year from now on, and shove 'em their sales numbers right in the face and say: "See - people are willing to pay good money for DRM-free movies, we told ya before - what are you saying, now!?"

And then, I want to buy the real stuff, the old classics, the beloved series, - heck- maybe even the 'not-so-old' Blockbusters, say: six months after cinema release(?) (a man can dream, right!?) - DRM-free - here on GOG.
Posted September 02, 2014
Try to get anything from Joss Whedon.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Joss Whedon, 1997) - TV Series
Angel (Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt, 1999) - TV Series
Firefly (Joss Whedon & Tim Minear, 2002) - TV Series
Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
Dollhouse (Joss Whedon, 2009) - TV Series
The Cabin In The Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012) - written and produced by Joss Whedon
The Avengers a.k.a. Avengers Assemble (Joss Whedon, 2012)
Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Joss Whedon & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, 2013) - TV Series
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (Joss Whedon, 2015)

Aside from his work with the big studios, he's also done a few independent ventures, which should be easier to bring to GOG.

1. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon, 2008) - made during the writers' strike without any studio involvement - a super-villain musical released on the internet originally in three segments but later combined into a 42 minute feature. There are some great special features available for this like Commentary! The Musical.

2. Much Ado About Nothing (Joss Whedon, 2012) - A modern day adaptation of the Shakespeare classic.

3. In Your Eyes (Brin Hill, 2014) - written and produced by Joss Whedon - released digitally by Whedon's indie film company Bellwether Pictures. A story of a man and a woman who are geographically divided and yet discover they can communicate, see through each other's eyes and feel one another.
Post edited September 02, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted September 02, 2014
Another idea, maybe, is looking into some public domain movies, movie shorts, & tv episodes. Not a huge selection maybe, but perhaps a valid possible option.
Posted September 02, 2014
I normally get my movies from a video rental store, but their space is limited and though they get all the new stuff, they do lack many good old movies. If you could get movies like Ivanhoe or The Getaway here on GOG that would be quite helpful.
Post edited September 02, 2014 by xy2345
Posted September 02, 2014
As some have mentioned on various threads. The movie industry is very arsey when it comes to DRM. They view DRM-free as profanity, so don't expect anything decent on here except documentaries (that I wouldn't pay for) or crappy films that you can get for next to nothing from poundshops.

Fanfilms might be a route for GOG movies, but even those that make them are as bad as the main movie producers.

It's something I can't see myself supporting, and I wish they'd seperate it from the headlines of GOG releases, because I'm already getting annoyed by them being there.

If GOG really wants to diversify with it's DRM-free sales model, then ebooks are the thing it should seriously consider as more in the publishing world are coming to the conclusion that DRM-free is the way to go with ebooks and GOG should get itself in on that action before it's too late.

But again, separate from games.
Posted September 02, 2014
Please vote for Astropia on the wishlist:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/movies/astrpa
I'd really love to buy that movie here!
Posted September 02, 2014
In the future, is there any chance we'll have the option to turn off certain news/releases depending on our interests? I'm sure those of us who are interested in games and not movies (or vice-versa) would appreciate such an option.
Posted September 02, 2014
It would be really cool if GOG started distributing classic obscure cult films! I'm talking about the type of movies that companies like Synapse Films, Twilight Time and RaroVideo distribute on Blu Ray. Films like,

Street Trash (1987)
Maniac Cop (1988)
The Driver (1978)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
and
Shoot First, Die Later (1974)

These films are the type that I can see benefiting from DRM free online distribution. It would free them from small limited print runs and make them easier to obtain.
Post edited September 02, 2014 by LentFilms
Posted September 02, 2014
I wonder whether GOG could get some of these: http://www.mspresents.com/ ('With the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland')

After all, if you're out to promote a nation's culture you don't want DRM to put people off, right...?
Post edited September 02, 2014 by VanishedOne
Posted September 02, 2014
Hey GOG team. Go after the herzog documentaries and movies. I d buy them all in a heartbeat. I bet that old dude would be all about no drm movies.
Posted September 02, 2014
GOG, what about partnering with The Criterion Collection? They can bring not only a wealth of classic releases, but a treasure trove of bonus materials. While most digital downloads only provide the movie, I think film fans would be willing to pay a little more for the Criterion treatment. Think about it.
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted September 02, 2014
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Barry_Woodward: GOG, what about partnering with the Criterion Collection?
I'd love to see this happen. But I wonder how complex movie digital distribution rights are. A number of Criterion's titles are available from other major distributors in the U.S.
Posted September 02, 2014
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SCPM: I'd love to see this happen. But I wonder how complex movie digital distribution rights are. A number of Criterion's titles are available from other major distributors in the U.S.
If they have to start with a few more obscure Criterion titles that aren't linked to major distributors, so be it, but it at least gets their foot in the door. A partnership with an established brand (in the film world) like Criterion might even ease some of the concerns of major studios.
Post edited September 03, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted September 03, 2014
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SCPM: I'd love to see this happen. But I wonder how complex movie digital distribution rights are. A number of Criterion's titles are available from other major distributors in the U.S.
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Barry_Woodward: If they have to start with a few more obscure Criterion titles that aren't linked to major distributors, so be it, but it at least gets their foot in the door. A partnership with an established brand (in the film world) like Criterion might even ease some of the concerns of the major studios.
Indeed, Criterion is already a curated collection so pretty much anything from their catalog would be significant.
Posted September 03, 2014
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Barry_Woodward: If they have to start with a few more obscure Criterion titles that aren't linked to major distributors, so be it, but it at least gets their foot in the door. A partnership with an established brand (in the film world) like Criterion might even ease some of the concerns of the major studios.
That's a wonderful idea! Criterion and GOG would be a good match.
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