by slasherindex | Jul 4, 2005
Following the Grokster case, its announced that Hollywood had begun to digitize their films for legal online viewing. Sony, Universal and Warner are reported to already have the process underway. Warner specifically, by this time, reveals they’ve already had...
by slasherindex | Dec 12, 2004
Sony debuts the UMD (Universal Media Disc) format with the launch of their PSP handheld game system in Japan. Spider-Man 2 (2004) is among the titles available with the system’s release. Movies are released on the format up until 2011 with the introduction of...
by slasherindex | Sep 21, 2001
The last film pressed on the laserdisc format, Tokyo Raiders (2000), is released in Japan. The last American discs were pressed in October 2000 and were Bringing Out the Dead (1999) and Sleepy Hollow (1999).
by slasherindex | Jul 2, 2001
BitTorrent, a decentralized peer-to-peer protocol which uses torrent files and trackers, is first launched on bitconjurer.org. It later becomes the most used method to download feature films from the internet.
by slasherindex | Feb 12, 2001
In a lawsuit filed by A&M Records (and all members of the RIAA) on December 6th, 1999, the courts find Napster liable for the infringing use of their peer-to-peer software. An injunction forces the company to shut down the service on July 11th, 2001. It later...