Legal movie "rental streaming" services for Canada

[Fabio FZero]

I don't know if it's just software or if there's an actual service
behind it, but I think Boxee may do what you want in some way.

http://www.boxee.tv/

- FZ

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 18:54, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any services offered that allow one to "rent" a
> movie or show and then stream it (or download it and have it expire),
> that are available in Canada.
> While I have doubts that such a service might work for 'nix due to
> DRM, if there's one that'll work with my 'nix box I'll be tickled
> pink.
>
> I don't watch a lot of TV overall, but I'd love to have something
> where I decide to catch a movie at work, tell my box at home to grab
> it (via SSH or whatever) and have it waiting for me there. Of course
> torrents work for that, but I really would like a legal way to do
> so...
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