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Yes the tech industry is built on intellectual property but the movie/TV industry is built on false scarcity. The music industry used to follow this model unti

Yes the tech industry is built on intellectual property but the movie/TV industry is built on false scarcity. The music industry used to follow this model until the advent of Spotify. We had a brief time at the advent of streaming where it looked like Movie/TV was going this way, but they reversed course. I have a Netflix subscription, if you want a cut of that subscription, by all means show your content on Netflix and I'll watch it there. Add it to prime or whatever too, but I'm not maintaining ten subscriptions.

andsoitis 3y ago
> the movie/TV industry is built on false scarcity What is the “false scarcity”?
- Plasmoid 3y ago
  Think of it as the Spotify model vs the Netflix model. In the music world, basically all music is available on all platforms. I can listen to basically anything on Spotify. In the Netflix model, it's all exclusives. Everything is spread all over the place.
  - andsoitis 3y ago
    I associate “false scarcity” with the case where one company or a cartel dominates an industry and limits output as a way to raise prices (control supply). However, when it comes to movies a TV, that’s not the case. There are many studios around the world and they want to have a direct-to-consumer relationship (for various reasons), vs having no consumer relationship. Put differently, it isn’t that there’s scarcity of output (in fact, many people complain there’s too much so it is hard to find something great to watch), it is that you (and others) want to have a one stop shop to satisfy all your TV and movie watching needs. But how would that work? Force all content producers to not be able to distribute their work or to have direct to consumer relationships? And then have 1 (several?) companies limited to distribution (and they aren’t allowed to also be studios, must it be country specific or must it be global and what regulatory body would govern that)? Etc.
    - theonlybutlet 3y ago
      They're limiting output to their own platform as a way to force you to use it. Instead of raised prices they're squeezing a subscription out of you. Instead of complaining about piracy, put your content on all platforms. There's a clear correlation between the return of exclusives and increased piracy. Drop prices/make it more available and you'll displace piracy (there'll be a structural level of piracy always, they can't change that but this is beside the point).
  - theonlybutlet 3y ago
    This is exactly what I mean.
crop_rotation 3y ago
This makes no sense. The entire software industry is also built on false scarcity (that is how it has managed to offer so many high paying jobs). Your same argument could be rewritten for software in the same way. I have a <Microsoft 365> subscription, if you want a cut of that subscription, by all means show your <software> on <Microsoft 365> and I'll <use> it there. Add it to <Google workspace> or whatever too, but I'm not maintaining ten subscriptions.

andsoitis 3y ago

> the movie/TV industry is built on false scarcity What is the “false scarcity”?

Plasmoid 3y ago
Think of it as the Spotify model vs the Netflix model. In the music world, basically all music is available on all platforms. I can listen to basically anything on Spotify. In the Netflix model, it's all exclusives. Everything is spread all over the place.
- andsoitis 3y ago
  I associate “false scarcity” with the case where one company or a cartel dominates an industry and limits output as a way to raise prices (control supply). However, when it comes to movies a TV, that’s not the case. There are many studios around the world and they want to have a direct-to-consumer relationship (for various reasons), vs having no consumer relationship. Put differently, it isn’t that there’s scarcity of output (in fact, many people complain there’s too much so it is hard to find something great to watch), it is that you (and others) want to have a one stop shop to satisfy all your TV and movie watching needs. But how would that work? Force all content producers to not be able to distribute their work or to have direct to consumer relationships? And then have 1 (several?) companies limited to distribution (and they aren’t allowed to also be studios, must it be country specific or must it be global and what regulatory body would govern that)? Etc.
  - theonlybutlet 3y ago
    They're limiting output to their own platform as a way to force you to use it. Instead of raised prices they're squeezing a subscription out of you. Instead of complaining about piracy, put your content on all platforms. There's a clear correlation between the return of exclusives and increased piracy. Drop prices/make it more available and you'll displace piracy (there'll be a structural level of piracy always, they can't change that but this is beside the point).
- theonlybutlet 3y ago
  This is exactly what I mean.

crop_rotation 3y ago

This makes no sense. The entire software industry is also built on false scarcity (that is how it has managed to offer so many high paying jobs). Your same argument could be rewritten for software in the same way. I have a <Microsoft 365> subscription, if you want a cut of that subscription, by all means show your <software> on <Microsoft 365> and I'll <use> it there. Add it to <Google workspace> or whatever too, but I'm not maintaining ten subscriptions.