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> "rendering all your organisation void, cutting the money and support for the smallest groups." How does Netflix not offering enough French TV shows do that?

> "rendering all your organisation void, cutting the money and support for the smallest groups." How does Netflix not offering enough French TV shows do that? Did the government just stop giving them money once Netflix showed up? Also, encouraging Netflix to take on more local content is one thing. I'm sure they'd love to. Forcing them to fund the creation of local content is another thing completely. These governments are looking to require that a foreign company fund domestic businesses to be able to access their markets. Seems like something that would run afoul of the WTO, or similar body.

kuschku 10y ago
> These governments are looking to require that a foreign company fund domestic businesses to be able to access their markets So, like the All-American clause for almost all US govt. contracts? Or the US punishment for VW, requiring them to produce specific cars in the US? > Did the government just stop giving them money once Netflix showed up? Where is the government supposed to get the money from, once they can’t make money with TV anymore?
- strictnein 10y ago
  Netflix isn't filling government contracts Nor has Netflix lied to governments for years about the efficiency of their products and purposefully built devices to defeat government tests. VW is either facing massive multi billion dollar fines or has to reach other agreements. VW has had access to the US for decades. Them building electric cars in the US has nothing to do with access to the US market. Netflix will, in fact, be paying to license domestic content. And the more their customers watch domestic content, the more they will pay the content providers. The government itself will be cut out of the loop and that's really the problem here.
  - kuschku 10y ago
    > VW has had access to the US for decades. Them building electric cars in the US has nothing to do with access to the US market. That’s literally wrong. The US government continually blocked VW from the US market, including the EPA sometimes taking 3 years for a single emission test. As soon as a VW plant in the south of the US was built, somehow all that stopped. > The government itself will be cut out of the loop and that's really the problem here. Yes, and that’s the entire issue. We’re getting a world where companies (which are basically dictatorships of the rich) are getting more power over governments. That doesn’t help anyone but the already rich.

kuschku 10y ago

> These governments are looking to require that a foreign company fund domestic businesses to be able to access their markets So, like the All-American clause for almost all US govt. contracts? Or the US punishment for VW, requiring them to produce specific cars in the US? > Did the government just stop giving them money once Netflix showed up? Where is the government supposed to get the money from, once they can’t make money with TV anymore?

strictnein 10y ago
Netflix isn't filling government contracts Nor has Netflix lied to governments for years about the efficiency of their products and purposefully built devices to defeat government tests. VW is either facing massive multi billion dollar fines or has to reach other agreements. VW has had access to the US for decades. Them building electric cars in the US has nothing to do with access to the US market. Netflix will, in fact, be paying to license domestic content. And the more their customers watch domestic content, the more they will pay the content providers. The government itself will be cut out of the loop and that's really the problem here.
- kuschku 10y ago
  > VW has had access to the US for decades. Them building electric cars in the US has nothing to do with access to the US market. That’s literally wrong. The US government continually blocked VW from the US market, including the EPA sometimes taking 3 years for a single emission test. As soon as a VW plant in the south of the US was built, somehow all that stopped. > The government itself will be cut out of the loop and that's really the problem here. Yes, and that’s the entire issue. We’re getting a world where companies (which are basically dictatorships of the rich) are getting more power over governments. That doesn’t help anyone but the already rich.