To be fair, Hollywood wasn't established just to avoid a few patent laws. It was also a more ideal location for filming due to the sunny weather. They didn't ha

To be fair, Hollywood wasn't established just to avoid a few patent laws. It was also a more ideal location for filming due to the sunny weather. They didn't have indoor lighting powerful enough for film at the time. Edison's first studio was a rotating building that followed the movement of the sun across the sky. Edison and his Motion Picture Patents Company partners also hired gangsters to destroy the unlicensed studies and beat up the actors and directors in New York and Chicago.