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Hollywood movies (mostly) don't have interoperability issues or network effects.
by peterhunt 15y ago
Hollywood movies (mostly) don't have interoperability issues or network effects.
- alxp 15y agoThey just try to pass laws to make interoperability (format shifting) a criminal offence.
- peterhunt 15y agoYou're setting up a false argument here -- they don't do anything to restrict indie filmmakers from distributing their content.
- Iv 15y agoBy forbidding to use old art for music or even movie extracts, they set the bar higher for independent movie filmmakers.
- sesqu 15y agoActually, a number of people have complained that they do. Very few indie movies are in the same theaters as Hollywood movies, though whether that's effected by the latter depends on who you ask.
- philwelch 15y agoNo, they just raise money for colluding plutocrats to bribe corrupt politicians into trying to break the Internet.