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Why is everyone assuming that greedy German companies aren't willing to sell? Is it also possible that Netflix isn't willing to pay the going rate or hasn't bot
by rhino369 11y ago
Why is everyone assuming that greedy German companies aren't willing to sell? Is it also possible that Netflix isn't willing to pay the going rate or hasn't bothered to negotiate for the rights.
Netflix launched globally without taking the time to negotiate content for most countries on earth. I'm not sure you can assume that Netflix is being diligent in trying to acquire content.
Especially since even in the USA netlix appears to be pivoting into being a content creator instead of a content aggregator.
- Grishnakh 11y ago>Why is everyone assuming that greedy German companies aren't willing to sell? The OP isn't talking about greedy German companies, he's complaining about greedy American companies who won't let Netflix in Germany show American content to German viewers. Greedy German companies are a different issue. This whole issue is mainly about greedy American companies, because if there's one thing that America produces that people around the world want, it's our movies and TV, and a lot of people outside the US were/are using VPNs and other such things to get access to a US-based Netflix account because the versions in their own countries didn't have all the content that the American version has, and now Netflix is restricting that access. There aren't many people outside Germany/Austria who really want to see content from German media companies.
- rhino369 11y agoBut it most of these situations some German company already bought the rights to the show. So the greedy American companies already got paid.