Marvel Opens “Unlimited” Comic Library

by Sindra, filed in Comics on Nov.13, 2007

It would seem Marvel is attempting to catch up with the times. The entertainment giant is launching it’s digital comic library, for those of us who are too lazy to run out to our local comic book store and grab a copy of our favorite comic ourselves. Yay for perpetuating sloth in Americans even more so!

Starting today, Marvel is offering it’s “unlimited” comic library to the public at a rate of $59.88 a year (don’t know where that odd number comes from), or for $9.99 per month, and plan on showing off 250 of its current 2,500 comics for free to draw the customer in. Comics will be displayed in a high resolution format, that will be fool-proofed so users cannot download the comics to their own computer hard drives.

Because free programs like BitTorrent or Emule can’t do that for you already.

You can’t blame Marvel for trying to capitalize on it’s internet savvy customers. It plans on opening up a larger library of comics ranging from being released months ago to decades ago in the coming future, and I suppose it may have some obscure comics on its network that you may not be able to find elsewhere on the net. (though I doubt it)

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http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

I wouldn’t begrudge Marvel for trying to find a new revenue stream when the direct market is in the toilet.

I can download as much music as I want from pirate sites, it doesn’t make it legal or right, and it certainly doesn’t put money in the pockets of the creators. Ditto for Marvel. These artists and writers don’t go on tour or get money from t-shirts like bands do.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

I wouldn’t begrudge Marvel for trying to find a new revenue stream when the direct market is in the toilet.

I can download as much music as I want from pirate sites, it doesn’t make it legal or right, and it certainly doesn’t put money in the pockets of the creators. Ditto for Marvel. These artists and writers don’t go on tour or get money from t-shirts like bands do.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

A good idea for sure. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to stop someone from taking a screen grab of an application though.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

A good idea for sure. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to stop someone from taking a screen grab of an application though.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

I’m fairly tempted by this. I can’t decide how I feel. Its definitely a step in the right direction. I’d like to know more about the GUI and how everything is setup and organized.

I also didn’t see anything mentioned about new releases.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

I’m fairly tempted by this. I can’t decide how I feel. Its definitely a step in the right direction. I’d like to know more about the GUI and how everything is setup and organized.

I also didn’t see anything mentioned about new releases.
http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

new comics go up 6 months after publication. think of it as the same lag as TPBs.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

new comics go up 6 months after publication. think of it as the same lag as TPBs.
Dru

BTW, they crashed their own site by doing this:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/13/marvelcom-crash/

Which is, of course, amusing for a variety of reasons.
Dru

BTW, they crashed their own site by doing this:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/13/marvelcom-crash/

Which is, of course, amusing for a variety of reasons.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

How fitting that the site that’s reporting the crash is spitting a SQL error at me when I check that page.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

How fitting that the site that’s reporting the crash is spitting a SQL error at me when I check that page.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

No, they did that on purpose. That was the error from Marvel. If you hover over the link, it goes to Marvel.com.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

No, they did that on purpose. That was the error from Marvel. If you hover over the link, it goes to Marvel.com.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Oh… that wasn’t terribly obvious…
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Oh… that wasn’t terribly obvious…

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