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> consumer friendly legislation is passed restricting exclusive distribution rights for digital content. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but how are content produc

• pjc50 6y ago
  That is misunderstanding, yes. What people are arguing for might be something like the old Net Book Agreement: if you sell it to middleman X for price $A, you also have to sell it to middleman Y for price $A, and aren't allowed to gratuitously turn down intermediaries.
  • stubish 6y ago
    Exactly. What producers lose is the ability to create a monopoly. Maybe producers will make less money, since some distributors will pay a huge premium to enable them to price gouge consumers or force consumers to switch to their services. Or maybe producers will make more money, as all distributers will need to purchase content at the price the producer sets if one of them purchases, or they risk losing customers to their competitors. But the consumers win.