[symphonix]

I'm not quite sure I see your point, G5 guy. If you're saying people will be able to copy movies from iTunes movie rentals, well maybe they will, but then they can already do that from any other source. In fact copying from other sources such as original DVDs is easier, quicker and results in higher quality copies than any screen recording software.

People simply won't copy the movies from iTunes because it would be extremely slow, cumbersome and potentially insecure - after all, Apple places watermark information into the video files identifying which user downloaded the file.

Believe me, it is something that they have put a lot of thought into and wouldn't have been able to get it off the ground unless they could convince the movie studios involved that it was more secure against piracy than other distribution methods.