Google Play Movies rental unavailable because device is rooted - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

this is wht i got today when i fired up Google Play Movies earlier..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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I'm guessing its only available to American users

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I think it just launched today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-06/google-play-digital-entertainment/53385048/1

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I think they do that for.pirating purposes.
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OTARootKeeper. Just try to lock us out
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper

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just noticed they took out the Trending category in the games section

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Google play yes...the stock vs root thing has been that way since the market had digital content
garypix said:
I think it just launched today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-06/google-play-digital-entertainment/53385048/1
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garypix said:
this is wht i got today when i fired up Google Play Movies earlier..
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HAHAHA i LOL'd too!

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Got the same message yesterday after buying Inglourious Basterds from the market.
Common google you can't be serious. This is Android. How many un-rooted Android devices exist?

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hackdroid said:
Got the same message yesterday after buying Inglourious Basterds from the market.
Common google you can't be serious. This is Android. How many un-rooted Android devices exist?
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probably over 80% of Android users arent rooted. just a guess but we are definitely the minority.

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I think i can't buy apps in APP stock by using ATT account just because I'm rooted? Can some one confirm this? Yes i can buy using the creditcard but can't apply to ATT account.

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just use a app from market called temp root remover.it will temp remover root with one click and u can add root back with one click.that should do it for u guys

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Try this app. It has been modded to work on rooted devices: http://www.mediafire.com/?x7hloixzb63pt2c
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MrDSL said:
probably over 80% of Android users arent rooted. just a guess but we are definitely the minority.
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...but still it's ironic coming from the company who's Android chief famously tweeted the definition of open

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hackdroid said:
...but still it's ironic coming from the company who's Android chief famously tweeted the definition of open
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Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with Google, who could care less about piracy. But, in order to make a deal with Hollywood, they had to add in some sort of Copy Protection. Since Hollywood has hackers too, one of the restrictions was to not put the movies on rooted devices.
Similar thing was happening with Netflix on Android and continues to happen with Netflix on Linux. The movie moguls refuse to allow their movies to hit these devices if there is even a chance that the stream will be recorded and pirated.

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use OTARootKeeper to temp unroot and it works fine...
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Snarksneeze said:
Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with Google, who could care less about piracy. But, in order to make a deal with Hollywood, they had to add in some sort of Copy Protection. Since Hollywood has hackers too, one of the restrictions was to not put the movies on rooted devices.
Similar thing was happening with Netflix on Android and continues to happen with Netflix on Linux. The movie moguls refuse to allow their movies to hit these devices if there is even a chance that the stream will be recorded and pirated.
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I get it but just as happened with SOPA Google is big enough to stand up to Hollywood. Most people who root their device do it for reasons other than pirated movies.
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Corvette Dave said:
Try this app. It has been modded to work on rooted devices: http://www.mediafire.com/?x7hloixzb63pt2c
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Could not install
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borijess said:
Could not install
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I used Supercurio's ota rootkeeper from the market and it works magic.
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borijess said:
Could not install
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Nevermind u have to uninstall the original one first.
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