September 5, 2007
Jaman.com Lets Users Download Independent Films
The Wall Street Journal reports on Jaman.com, a Web site that gives users the chance to download independent and international movies from the Web directly to their computers.
"It also serves as a social networking forum where movie watchers can read one another's reviews, write their own comments that run alongside the film, and join groups with people who have similar tastes in movies. Jaman (pronounced jah-mahn), has 1,800 titles. It charges $1.99 for rentals, which can be watched for up to seven days, and $4.99 to buy a movie outright.
Jaman isn't alone in the online movie downloading business, and its competitors boast bigger selections. Just this year Netflix, known for popularizing DVD rentals through the mail, started offering its own movie downloads.
Blockbuster which followed Netflix into the DVD mailing business, showed an interest in the online downloading method last month when it acquired Movielink, a movie downloading service previously owned by Hollywood's major studios.
And Apple Inc., which began selling films for $10 to $15 a year ago on its iTunes Store, offers over 500 movies. Amazon is in the game, too, as is Microsoft.
But Jaman hopes its niche films and viewer-comments system will set it apart."
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