It would take about five minutes for a Napster-like browser plugin to arrive that would allow the user to trivially dump the whole movie to their hard drive. Ma

It would take about five minutes for a Napster-like browser plugin to arrive that would allow the user to trivially dump the whole movie to their hard drive. Maybe Netflix's business model could sustain that, but the content owners would have a heart attack, fearing cannibalization of their other distribution networks. Sure, everything's all on the torrent sites anyway, but the legal scare tactics worked to scare enough people away. With Netflix-Napster, though, there'd be no way to tell the difference between a legit stream and an unauthorized rip. Obviously copy-friendly business models are preferable, maybe even inevitable, but for now, intellectual "property" rights trumps all.