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No. And that's one of the problems. For DVD rentals, no licensing is required. All Netflix has to do is purchase the consumer DVDs and ship them to people who w
by joshuacc 15y ago
No. And that's one of the problems. For DVD rentals, no licensing is required. All Netflix has to do is purchase the consumer DVDs and ship them to people who want them. Streaming, on the other hand, requires lots of complex negotiations with the rights-holders.
- hollerith 15y ago--and one reason the company gave for wanting to split in 2 is that content owners were insisting on counting DVD customers in calculations of royalties due.