automaticdoor75@sopuli.xyz to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhy Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like Coyote vs Acme Should Be a Crime | MZS | Roger Ebertwww.rogerebert.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoBut they could still take the tax write off if it doesn’t sell, and they miss the chance it might This feels like money laundering or something to me
minus-squareadmiralteal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·9 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting It’s not JUST money laundering. It’s also monopolistic practices, vertical and horizontal integration, regular-old fraud, and a healthy sprinkle of antilabor activities. The entire industry is wretched.
minus-squareBillDaCatt@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoMy first thought was anti-labor.
But they could still take the tax write off if it doesn’t sell, and they miss the chance it might
This feels like money laundering or something to me
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
It’s not JUST money laundering. It’s also monopolistic practices, vertical and horizontal integration, regular-old fraud, and a healthy sprinkle of antilabor activities. The entire industry is wretched.
My first thought was anti-labor.