"If you want public domain flicks, documentries, etc. etc. Internet Archive has been doing it for years.
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They have, but their server is horribly slow, sometimes unavailable, and the service is spotty. I've given up on archive.org altogether. Even with broadband, it's so slow most of the time that I give up long before the film is downloaded.
If Google makes this work, it will be a real help.
I can't argue about the slowness of the downloads. I use cable broadband and catch the downloads on off-peak. I stay away from the bloated mpg2 and enjoy the heck out of it. :-)
I rarely if ever try to view the flicks straight from their servers. I only do that here:
http://www.movieflix.com/