Hi Terence,

You've highlighted a very, very valid point. Where are the legal alternatives?

I have a:
- iTunes account
- Premium Spotify account
- Premium eMusic account
- Amazon Music account

I pay to legally download all sorts of music as when I choose, when I want and in what format I want. I tend to use eMusic more than iTunes because it has a far more independent range of music and usually at a cheaper price. I've got weird taste in music. My point is, because there is a vast range of choice, I can use legal, commercial services to buy the music that I want.

However, where is the same service for movies?

- I have my iTunes account.
- I have a Netflix account.
- I have a LoveFilm account.

I want to stream movies online, when I want, where I want and on any platform that I choose.

The amount of "choice" that these legal providers give me is pitiful at best. The ability to switch platforms is also problematic especially with LoveFilm that don't have AirPlay enabled on their iPad app.

Recently I wanted to watch the 2004 film Downfall, about the fall of Hitler in his last days as it was going to help my partner's daughter who's studying Hitler at school. Could I find it on Netflix? Nope. iTunes? Nope. Was it on Lovefilm online? No. But I could wait for the DVD to become available and for it to post it to me, if I changed my Lovefilm account from online to postal..... Completely missing the point of me wanting an online streaming service.

I'm desperately trying to find legal alternatives to viewing movies, to have the same flexibitly that I have for downloading music, what and when I want, where I want. And I'm left disappointedly wanting.....

Where do I turn to?

Where can I legally download or stream movies that I want to watch?

Netflix, Blinkbox, LoveFilm are falling way short of my expectations and simply do not have the diversity of online content that I want. Nor do I want annoying adverts. I would pay extra to remove those adverts.

So what's left?..... Ah... Those illegal downloading sites.... But at least they have what I want to watch, when I want it, and my choice of platform.

I want decent legal alternatives. I've been waiting for 13 years..... And still waiting.