They're just utilizing the rent-enabling framework that was put in place by Hollywood lobbyists (and forced on the rest of the world by US power). In a sense, i

They're just utilizing the rent-enabling framework that was put in place by Hollywood lobbyists (and forced on the rest of the world by US power). In a sense, it's inevitable unless people of US get their shit together and fight copyright laws that are a huge economic drain at this point (from multiple subscriptions because exclusives to DRMs of all sorts to zillions of hours of art removed from YouTube because it "violates copyright"). True, there were a few years when lobbyists were lagging behind, but without political pressure there is nothing preventing them from coming back in force, which they did.