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Lets Films Go From Web to TV  The Nation  July 19, 2006|Dawn C.
Chmielewski | Times Staff Writer  Legal DVD burning was the
final hurdle. Online file-sharing networks offer free access to
pirated movies with no copying restrictions. And the studios
have fought to block sales of software that enables people to
make unauthorized copies of their DVDs.   "We began taking this
around to the studios two or three months ago," said Marvis. "As
you can imagine, it's been a challenging process to convince
them of everything."  The limited scope of titles available in
the initial phase of CinemaNow's service will limit its
usefulness for learning whether consumers are ready to pay to
burn DVD movies at home, analysts said.  "It's difficult to
learn things when you don't have a real live hit, so your test
case isn't as good as it could be," Jupiter's Card said. "If
they had a fairly full collection of current popular hits, then
you might say I'm learning abo