Apparently leading the charge for DRM-free games wasn't enough.
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Well-known as a place where you can pick up a classic PC game for cheap, GOG.com has expanded its business model and is now offering DRM-free movies to purchase, the site announced today. The movie library launched today with 20 titles, though the site says more should be arriving every week. Once purchased, the movies are free to be downloaded, for on-the-go viewing, or streamed for more of an instant gratification.
Right now, GOG is embracing the tastes of its target audience and selling movies that are relevant to the gaming and general Internet communities. Movies like Indie Game: The Movie and Please Subscribe make up the launch library for this new service that follows the GOG original values of entertainment unbound by frustrating digital rights management policies. Two movies – Art of Playing and TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard – are currently being offered for free so users can check out the ins and outs of the service before whipping out the credit card.
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According to the website, the plan for this new service is to gradually convince larger studios and production companies to sell their own movies and perhaps even their TV shows on GOG without DRM. Larger companies will likely be more reluctant to switch to the different business model, but once some companies switch over, a domino effect has a good chance of convincing more and more companies to jump on board.