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Ignoring your irrelevant hypotheticals for which I am not arguing, why is having distribution channels controlled by the content owners beneficial? At this poin

Ignoring your irrelevant hypotheticals for which I am not arguing, why is having distribution channels controlled by the content owners beneficial? At this point there is no way for a third party to license content from enough content owners because of cross licensing deals and their ownership of competing platforms. So there can be no place where one can watch a diverse selection like netflix used to be. Is this good for consumers? Do you think the content owners even want it?

scarface_74 3y ago
It’s not a hypothetical. You are saying that the government should outlaw content producers from distributing their own content. How do you define content producers and are you going to force them to allow anyone to distribute their content? Are you going to apply the same standards to all content producers? There was never a time that Netflix had the majority of the top content - especially movies Sure you can watch all of the content you want just like you always did - you pay for it.
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- Eisenstein 3y ago
  Proposing something is one thing and having the final laws and regulations ready for you to dissect are another. Is it not possible to say 'this is a good idea' without having it taken to the most extreme possible point and then required to split hairs over hypotheticals? Are you arguing for a consumer first perspective or an ideological one? Because if you care about consumers you are not approaching dialog in any way that seems proactive to that. If it is ideological then your motive is just to win based on a belief that you are right. One of those things is productive and one is not.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    I am simply saying that you come up with a proposal where the government tells content producers that they can’t distribute the content they create on their own website and where do you think is a reasonable place to draw the line on content? Should the government also set mandatory licensing requirements for content and the amounts? Should the government force Disney to license a $100 million to produce marvel movie at the same cost as a $5 million Blumhouse movie? Come up with a reasonable proposal where the government doesn’t allow you to distribute your own content.
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scarface_74 3y ago

It’s not a hypothetical. You are saying that the government should outlaw content producers from distributing their own content. How do you define content producers and are you going to force them to allow anyone to distribute their content? Are you going to apply the same standards to all content producers? There was never a time that Netflix had the majority of the top content - especially movies Sure you can watch all of the content you want just like you always did - you pay for it.

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Eisenstein 3y ago
Proposing something is one thing and having the final laws and regulations ready for you to dissect are another. Is it not possible to say 'this is a good idea' without having it taken to the most extreme possible point and then required to split hairs over hypotheticals? Are you arguing for a consumer first perspective or an ideological one? Because if you care about consumers you are not approaching dialog in any way that seems proactive to that. If it is ideological then your motive is just to win based on a belief that you are right. One of those things is productive and one is not.
- scarface_74 3y ago
  I am simply saying that you come up with a proposal where the government tells content producers that they can’t distribute the content they create on their own website and where do you think is a reasonable place to draw the line on content? Should the government also set mandatory licensing requirements for content and the amounts? Should the government force Disney to license a $100 million to produce marvel movie at the same cost as a $5 million Blumhouse movie? Come up with a reasonable proposal where the government doesn’t allow you to distribute your own content.
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