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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)
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[–] 89 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Its almost like its unecessary shit made up in order to keep profits away from working people artificially

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah its almost like if we didn't keep extending copyright protections a bunch of stuff would be in the public domain and any streaming service could offer it without having to deal with licensing.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I mean that's all well and good, but then how would the very deserving shareholders get dividends?

    Won't somebody think of the shareholders!?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It's true that Hollywood is corrupt and csuite pay is absurd, but those deals are the only mechanism by which ANY money makes it to the writers, actors and staff who deserve it

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's the exclusivity bullshit that gets me.

    It could be: New movie is released! Anyone who pays the price tag gets to stream it!

    But no, we must bidding war gouge.

    On top of that, X Y and Z services exist in America, but not in other countries, so in this other country, everything is on Netflix, while I had to jump between three different services at one point just to watch Stargate

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