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Aren't movies and movie theaters one of the only industries where that type of vertical integration is explicitly illegal?
by spbaar 5y ago
Aren't movies and movie theaters one of the only industries where that type of vertical integration is explicitly illegal?
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- lotsofpulp 5y agohttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-court-terminates-paramount-consent-decrees https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-court-terminates-para... Not as of Aug 2020.
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- JohnHaugeland 5y agoUnder the Paramount decrees of 1948, it was decided that the theaters plus the studios were creating a monopoly. After all, it's not like anyone had screens at home. That was vacated last year, in observation that TV and the internet now exist. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-motion-terminate-paramount-consent-decrees https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-moti...