No matter who wins, we lose.
Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros
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#42I'm curious how often tactics like this work. It is essentially asking the Warner stockholders to act against the wishes of their elected board. It seems the main thrust of the pitch is "we're friends with Trump therefore more likely to win approval" which is so deeply gross but also probably persuasive to many. Jared Kushner is involved in the Paramount bid so you know they're greasing the right wheels.
And probably also right.
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#43Sounds like Paramount bosses are bidding in anger.
They tilt like everyone else - maybe the chaos and mayhem behind the last few years of this industry mean the old guard is finally failing, and we'll see meaningful copyright reform and sanity in our lifetime.
> we'll see meaningful copyright reform and sanity in our lifetime.
I think there is a better chance of the state collapsing than there is of seeing meaningful IP reform
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#44Sounds like Paramount bosses are bidding in anger.
I think the political angle of this should not be discounted
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#45No matter who wins, we lose.
Alien vs. Predator
Whoever wins...
We lose...
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#46I must be thte only one who like Paramount+ Honestly would rather have the Warner Bros content over there than on Netflix.
Eh, I liked it, but canceled my service after they made a bribe to the current president to approve one of their acquisitions. I like Star Trek plenty, but not enough to support anti-American businesses like Paramount.
I subscribed to SkyShowtime (Euro joint venture from Paramount) for a few months (it was cheap) ... then I realized it doesn't work on Linux... cancelled.
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#48Sounds like Paramount bosses are bidding in anger.
They tilt like everyone else - maybe the chaos and mayhem behind the last few years of this industry mean the old guard is finally failing, and we'll see meaningful copyright reform and sanity in our lifetime.
we'll see meaningful copyright reform and sanity in our lifetime.
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#50Does WB have to pay the breakup fee to Netflix if a Paramount hostile takeover succeeds?
No. Breakup fes are for when the buyer backs out or theere are external forces that prevent the merger. You can also have a breakup fee if the buyee wants out but that's a different thing. In this case it's Paramount saying "we'll up out government-blocks-the-sale fee from $2.xbn to $5bn" which is saying they have a lot of confidence the merger will go through.