there may be a licensing issue with the movie in question. some content providers willl to restrict the times a person may view a product as a means of making more money. there may also be some DRM requirements which are not supported on the mac platform (microsoft is famous for these kind of games).
Since I don't buy movies and don't buy music, I am not an authority on what may be displayed on the itunes storefront purchase page. -Eric On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:49 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > Hello, everyone. I'm trying to purchase a particular movie, but when I found > it in the iTunes store, it says "rent movie" with no option to buy. I wish > to view the movie more than once. I checked "actions" but the only options > are to copy the link, tell a friend, etc. -- no opportunity to buy. Am I > doing something wrong? Must I do something else to purchase? > I've purchased movies five times before, and did not have this issue. Did > something change? Any help is greatly appreciated. > Christine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.