> So if I as an artist paint a painting, I could not sell it in my small personal gallery by the beach? That is ridiculous. It is so ridiculous that it is how

> So if I as an artist paint a painting, I could not sell it in my small personal gallery by the beach? That is ridiculous. It is so ridiculous that it is how movies were made and distributed in the US for decades: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pic.... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system#The_end_of_the_system_and_the_death_of_RKO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system#The_end_of_the_s...