ZML.com brings movie downloads on the cheap

…though they may not be so legal. ZML.com wants to do for movies what AllofMP3.com did for MP3s. The site is offering hundreds of blockbuster movies, available for download, for prices ranging from $1.99-$4.99. Does it sound too good to be true? Well, for the time being at least, everything seems to be completely functional. You can choose to download your flicks in a wide variety of formats, including DVD quality, DivX, and PDA/iPod-optimized. The catch, of course, is that the site might not last too long. They’re aparantly using some form of Russian copyright law to skirt the obvious legal issues, though it’s only a matter of time before they find themselves face to face with a “cease and desist” order, so you best get over there with the quickness.

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Roman411

“Hello? Visa? I’d like to report a case of identity theft.”

Wouldn’t touch that site with a 10′ pole.
http://www.telepheedi.com telepheedian

Illegal, yes, but this is how things SHOULD be legally. Cheap, and accessible in a variety of formats.
Dtest5477

No way would i go near that even with Galvatron’s credit card.
mike

why pay when you can download it for free, and its illegal either way.
http://paidandpopular.blogspot.com Anthony to the S.

and the movie industry takes another blow.

http://paidandpopular.blogspot.com
Jeff B.

Yea really, what are those hella stupid writers gonna say ’bout this?

Technically it suits their needs but yea, too bad this won’t be around long enough.
Alphavirus

I would probably do something like this, nobody can say you “stole” it or “illegally downloaded” it because you did Pay for it. The only problem for me, if they are based outside of the US my bank will shutdown my account every transaction and say “A fraud action has occured, for the safety of your money we have put a block on your account.”
Its a good feature but geeze, every overseas transaction I have tried to do in the past does this, havent they learned by now?

Anyways, I hope this site stays up for a while and puts up a fight.
Digital504

Hello ? Havent you people ever heard of “gift credit cards” or “throw away credit cards” Go to any bank or even many stores and ask for a gift credit card. Pay there $5 fee and put $50 bucks on it, go online buy the movies and toss the card. Let them try to use the card numbers again, they cant. The card is dead after the amount of money is spent.
Alphavirus

Yeah I really dont have a fear of credit card fraud but that is 2 things Digital504, a good idea but also a hastle. I just might have to try it sometime.
NJ local

I bought movies from there and my identity didnt get stolen and it is a grey area it is not illegal yet. if you pay for it the goverment cant sue you they can only sue the website owners for not paying the studios. plus if you get into any legal trouble with it the site says it is legal so they have to take the fall. the only way you get into trouble is if you burn the videos and sell them as boot legs.
gsquirrel2002

2 NJ local:

Per the ZML Terms of Service agreement:
6.4 The Client has no right to download any Files from the Site if this violates the law of his country.

BGR – Does it violate the laws of our country? OK where’s your legal guy? August 2008, site still up and running…

Nothingssomething

it’s not illegal, far from it. the The Russian Organization for Multimedia & Digital Systems (ROMS) backs this company and ROMS is a member of CISAC (www.cisac.org) – the International confederation of authors and composers societies.

America is doing what we do best, strong arming. and they will be shut down, but we will the client not be sought after.

there is a currency difference, that makes their whatever monies our equivalent to 2 dollars.

and don’t forget this ,their royalty deal is different than our royalty deal cause an American song just isn’t worth as much to someone who speaks Russian.

the difference is, no overseas fees taxes or shipping, cause music, unlike a shoe, letter or a cd can be sent through electronic pulses in the form of a file. even if they got it in the form of say, a flash drive with thousands of songs on it that was fee’ed taxed and shiped.
it’s something like that but i’m not a lawyer.

Jumpin’ Jack

I’ve used ZML a bit and found them to be good quality. Usually quite fast downloads for the movies, not always though, out of about 60 movies I bought from them 1 or 2 have been very slow to download (Stargate Continuum especially!).

One more thing: I clicked without looking and found I had subscribed to some porn site as well as ZML. I know, my fault I shoulda looked before I clicked. I wrote a letter explaining that I don’t want access to this porn cr*p and they refunded me! I’d rather buy from them than iTunes thanks.

Nothingssomething

CONSCIOUS CLICKS PLEASE

DON’T SELL YOUR SOUL

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/

NETSOLVE

I saw a banner ad for ZML and I have to admit I was courious so I browsed the site, read the fine print and checked its authenticity gave them a credit card # and began to download. they say download as much as you like but you must activate your account. So I did, now what that does is set you up for recurring $39.99 charge every month. We couldnt have that so I quickly canclled and they stopped the billing
well since I was out of $39.99 figured I’d take advantage of it so I did all weekend to the tune of 200 titles blockbusters series tv shows you name it and in all different formats
and they burn perfectly to DVD not too bad I recommend it any one but you better act quick times running out on that Russian loophole.

Nothingssomething

3 Payment conditions
3.1 Services are granted to the user on the prepaid basis according to the rates represented in the catalogue.

3.2 The payment is made from the Client’s account on the Site.
3.3 The Client can add funds to his account anytime using the payment page.
3.4 Administration reserves the right to modify the existing rates for the Services.
3.5 By paying for the Services the Client fully accepts their cost of terms of their use.

the site charges per movie, as per the terms and conditions page at the bottom left there’s also a privacy policy in place.
are you sure you didn’t opt for the unlimited download. if you are i see what your saying, pay 40 and get more, individually they cost like 1 – 4 dollars good plan, man.
just pay per new release after that.

Mayur

Can anyone tell me how much speed any 2 GB zml movie take to download ?
Mayur.answer

It takes a while. Pay a couple extra dollars for FlashGet (online download). All my movies download in a couple minutes. Longest took 5 minutes.
Richard

ZLM is a predatory site designed to take your money without revealing any pricing structure PRIOR to any purchase BEWARE!!!!!

I called my bank to dispute the charges immediately without downloading ANYTHING. The site’s own terms of service do not state the terms AT ALL.
Mel

This site is a scam they offer you a 1 day trial for 99c then make unauthorized charges to your account

Nothingssomething

you were a victam of phishing this site does not offer that scheme, next time don’t be an idiot and use a prepaid visa to prevent that.

Andy

It’s theft on a larger level than you are addressing here. Say you made cameras for a living, and someone from Russia stole the cameras to sell for cheap. Pretty soon your company would be out of business and you’d be out of a job. In the long run, these pirates are stealing jobs. We have more to worry about than just having a credit card scammed.

Nothingssomething

that’s a nice theory, oh wait i meant that’s a horrible!!!!! theory. who’s jobs??? oh yeah!!!! movie stars jobs!!! but…——- WAIT,…—-…aren’t movie stars in the tax bracket loop hole that saves them……millions of dollars?? oh yeah, they are!!!!!

can you remind me, on what do movie stars make their money on mostly????….. box office AKA movie theaters!!!
people who download these movies STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE THEATER TO WATCH THESE MOVIES ON THE BIG SCREEN!!!!!

last and foremost, DEMAND AND SUPPLY.
there will always be a demand to aquire movies at feasible rate or for free.
this site helps the US economy, and if someone put a brain cell into this thought, it’s obvious!!

torrent movies are the epidemic there totally free harder to trace, true, there illegal-ish, but so is running a yellow light.

a site like this would encourage more work and produce more frequent income flow, because it takes people who have a low to no budget who would otherwise download these movies for free through a torrent and channel a portion of their spending toward the movie industry, instead of steeling the movie does everyone get it?
and believe it or not the ROMS does pay the movie industry so there getting cash flow also that’s what makes it legal.

Andy

Looks like people are trying to say “Hurry up and buy your own stolen stuff before the cops get here!”
Richard

ZML is a huge rip-off! My bank contacted me about questionable charges and they were to sites and companies I never heard of. Just pay the extra money for movies at iTunes or other retailers. You’ll enjoy a better quality movie and iTunes library is rapidly expanding.

Nothingssomething

i can tell you’re against brain cells.

Terms of service page at the bottom left.
encase you don’t know left from right, …
http://www.zml.com/docs/tos.html (tos = terms of service)

encase your lazy,

8.3 For your safety and privacy our charges on your credit card statement will appear as [Max 050-5539-7367]

BTW you do halfto be 18 or older to make international purchases.

ameli

Sadly that ZML was closed. Now I use http://movies34.com/ for movie download. It’s even more convinient than ZML.
Check it you were using ZML.

ZML.com brings movie downloads on the cheap

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