If you enjoy watching films online, then the front page of getfilmsnow.com might look an attractive place: the images there recently included X-Men: The Last Stand and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. In the weeks the Guardian has investigated it, the front page has boasted images from The Matrix, The Assassination of Jesse James , The Simpsons, Seinfeld and the 1942 classic Casablanca – overall, the sort of films that may draw in young teens.However, those promised titles don’t amount to a hill of beans compared to what you’ll find if you take the free three-day trial subscription: thousands of pornographic films or trailers. And worse, if you don’t cancel the subscription promptly, your computer will fall victim to a series of popups, pointing out that you need to pay Platte Media for your use of getfilmsnow.Now, the Guardian has learnt, getfilmsnow has been sent a cease-and-desist letter relating to images from Warner Brothers and Twentieth Century Fox films. And the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has indicated that the use of images for films that are not on the site may be in breach of unfair trading terms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/digitalvideo.consumeraffairs
Porn billing firm lures customers with promises of Hollywood movies
If you enjoy watching films online, then the front page of getfilmsnow.com might look an attractive place: the images there recently included X-Men: The Last Stand and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. In the weeks the Guardian has investigated it, the front page has boasted images from The Matrix, The Assassination of Jesse James , The Simpsons, Seinfeld and the 1942 classic Casablanca – overall, the sort of films that may draw in young teens.