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Aaaaaannd I just canceled my Netflix subscription. For months I’ve been on the fence (and wasting money) attempting to figure out if it’s actually worth it to m

by vuln 7y ago

Aaaaaannd I just canceled my Netflix subscription. For months I’ve been on the fence (and wasting money) attempting to figure out if it’s actually worth it to me. Thanks Netflix for making the choice easier.

scarface74 7y ago
So where do you think most of their mainstream movie library came from if not MPAA members? Netflix has been giving MPAA money from the beginning of its existence.
- vuln 7y ago
  This is the way I look at it (it may not be correct) Before the MPAA made money off the creator, so for 95% of the content on netflix the companies producing the film paid into the MPAA. Sure Netflix probably had to pay the MPAA fee on their content too. Now the MPAA will make even more money to lobby against customers because now the content distributors are paying in. So now it give the MPAA more teeth and lobbying power. Creators, Distributors, and the MPAA versus customers.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    According to one poster - 10 million dollars. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to all of the money that Netflix has been giving the MPAA indirectly by first buying DVDs to rent and then paying millions for the right to stream movies made by MPAA members.
    - vuln 7y ago
      I do understand your point but wouldn’t you agree that the money indirectly paid by Netflix is less money than if those customers of Netflix actually purchased said DVDs instead of renting them? The way I see it ( and again I could be wrong ) Netflix was able to leverage their massive buying power to get the DVDs at less than MSRP. Netflix buys 100,000 dvds of a pupil at title and the MPAA get their cut. Netflix then rents those DVDs 1 million times. Did the MPAA lose out on a cut of those 900,000 would be sales?
      - scarface74 7y ago
        Before Netflix people were renting from BlockBuster who also had deals with studios. Now Netflix is paying the same studios for streaming rights. Netflix paid Disney $300 million for the streaming rights to Disney IP (https://www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18307539/disney-streaming-launch-cost-billions-netflix-strategy-change https://www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18307539/disney-streaming-laun...) that doesn’t count all of the money it pays NBC/Universal, CBS/Viacom, and Warner.
coding123 7y ago
So like just about every movie you've seen has their logo on it - do you get to the end credits see the MPAA logo and scratch your eyes out and say I just wasted my money!!!!
- vuln 7y ago
  I pay Netflix to distribute content. The content created has paid into the MPAA and uses technology to ensure no one infringes. If Netflix is a distributor of content or essentially a dumb pipe why do they care what I do with the content after I receive it?
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  - clintonb 7y ago
    Netflix hasn't been a "dumb pipe" for years. They have been content co-producers since 2012 ("Lilyhammer") and producers since 2013 ("House of Cards").

by vuln 7y ago

scarface74 7y ago

So where do you think most of their mainstream movie library came from if not MPAA members? Netflix has been giving MPAA money from the beginning of its existence.

vuln 7y ago
This is the way I look at it (it may not be correct) Before the MPAA made money off the creator, so for 95% of the content on netflix the companies producing the film paid into the MPAA. Sure Netflix probably had to pay the MPAA fee on their content too. Now the MPAA will make even more money to lobby against customers because now the content distributors are paying in. So now it give the MPAA more teeth and lobbying power. Creators, Distributors, and the MPAA versus customers.
- scarface74 7y ago
  According to one poster - 10 million dollars. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to all of the money that Netflix has been giving the MPAA indirectly by first buying DVDs to rent and then paying millions for the right to stream movies made by MPAA members.
  - vuln 7y ago
    I do understand your point but wouldn’t you agree that the money indirectly paid by Netflix is less money than if those customers of Netflix actually purchased said DVDs instead of renting them? The way I see it ( and again I could be wrong ) Netflix was able to leverage their massive buying power to get the DVDs at less than MSRP. Netflix buys 100,000 dvds of a pupil at title and the MPAA get their cut. Netflix then rents those DVDs 1 million times. Did the MPAA lose out on a cut of those 900,000 would be sales?
    - scarface74 7y ago
      Before Netflix people were renting from BlockBuster who also had deals with studios. Now Netflix is paying the same studios for streaming rights. Netflix paid Disney $300 million for the streaming rights to Disney IP (https://www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18307539/disney-streaming-launch-cost-billions-netflix-strategy-change https://www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18307539/disney-streaming-laun...) that doesn’t count all of the money it pays NBC/Universal, CBS/Viacom, and Warner.

coding123 7y ago

So like just about every movie you've seen has their logo on it - do you get to the end credits see the MPAA logo and scratch your eyes out and say I just wasted my money!!!!

vuln 7y ago
I pay Netflix to distribute content. The content created has paid into the MPAA and uses technology to ensure no one infringes. If Netflix is a distributor of content or essentially a dumb pipe why do they care what I do with the content after I receive it?
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- clintonb 7y ago
  Netflix hasn't been a "dumb pipe" for years. They have been content co-producers since 2012 ("Lilyhammer") and producers since 2013 ("House of Cards").