• LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Back in the days there was a law that movie studios couldn’t also have movie theaters to avoid this specific issue. Now they found the loophole.

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      7 months ago

      Exactly right! Maybe the EU will save us all. It seems somehow monopolistic that Disney+ is the exclusive official streaming service for so much. I guess this is why Netflix put so much into Netflix originals.

      I’d like to at least see some requirements for open licensing of shows, such as maybe a sunset period or something.

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        7 months ago

        Yes. They could have the equivalent of theatrical release exclusive and when it would normally go to DVD get a global streaming license.

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      7 months ago

      I was gonna include that in my original comment, but decided to just end it there for the sake of brevity, but yes, exactly this