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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

magicalhippo wrote: post #350
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you want to pass a law that no one can produce content and put it on their own website?

Here in Norway we have a law for mobile carriers which is intended to prevent moats. It states that carriers must provide access for a "reasonable price" to other phone companies. It seems to have worked fairly well. One could imagine something similar, that sure you can put your own movie or TV show on your own website, but you must also sell it to companies who asks on reasonable terms. So Netflix can make a movie…

This is completely different. Cell phone infrastructure in particular is by nature a natural monopoly. Two carriers can’t operate over the same frequency and only certain frequencies are conducive for cell phones.

Content has no such restriction. Are you really saying every piece of content anyone produces must be licensed? Who decides what is “reasonable”?

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Post by greenchair »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #76
ngcazz wrote: post #41

No matter who wins, we lose.

I have seen several aspects of entertainment in my life get squeezed for money (Magic The Gathering, movies, TV streaming, video games) and I have decided to basically quit any form of entertainment which is solely controlled by large corporations. People get extremely angry when Magic The Gathering charges more money, for more exclusive products, in more frequently occurring releases. Rage, grief, and sorrow over an…

The junk food analogy is perfect. At some point you no longer get the satisfaction from video games you once did and you start to question the whole thing. I was created to do good works, not to spend most of my time in a virtual world for self gratification purposes.

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Post by classified »

OhioMan2943 wrote: post #319
digitaltrees wrote: post #294

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the fact that this is credible should scare every entrepreneur. If you cant compete on an even playing field because some people have direct government involvement in tipping the scales we are neither a free market economy nor a democracy.

this is the end of socially acceptable political norms as we know them

Worse, a redefinition of what "socially acceptable" even means.

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Post by pelagicAustral »

rurban wrote: post #322

That would be much better, as Paramount understands to make good movies, trusting good directors. This year only Warner had the good movies

Putting aside all the politics involved in this merger, I kind of agree with you... My first thought when reading about Netflix acquiring WB was that a whole lot of IP was going go down the drain thanks to how hard they try to push an agenda in their content.

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Post by Steve16384 »

MotiBanana wrote: post #345
dboreham wrote: post #280

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Wait...individuals can donate to a country's army?

No, you can't donate directly to the IDF, but turns out you can just make stuff up as long as it fits one's world views.

There's a lot of people making this stuff up on the internet then.

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Post by eddd-ddde »

_heimdall wrote: post #368
kakacik wrote: post #339

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The fact that in US you can win the most powerful seat in the world while not even voted for by majority of its own population is properly ridiculous. Yes we all heard about historical this and that but that doesn't matter, thats not a democracy at its core and at the lowest, most important layer of building a resilient democratic society. Then on that questionable base you build a shaky empire that is supposed to wo…

I also take issue with the electoral college system, but to claim that a representative democracy is not a democracy based on the intermediary representation seems like a fairly hollow concern. My bigger issue with regards to how democratic we are would be more related to campaign finance laws, corruption, and the immense power wielded by those in charge that can be pointed at political challengers if the politician…

The electoral college system wouldn't be nearly as bad of a system if you couldn't just rearrange some borders and suddenly change the results.

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Post by feb012025 »

omnimus wrote: post #291
feb012025 wrote: post #68

The most concerning aspect for me is the obvious and conspicuously-timed consolidation of these companies under David Ellison. Within the past few months he's taken control of Paramount, CBS, The Free Press, and now he's working on Warner Bros. From everything I've seen he's basically an ideologue, and has already re-structured CBS to align with his vision. Just something that seems very out in the open yet kind of p…

Aren't all of the super rich ideologues? Ellisons father Larry for sure is. So is Ruppert Murdoch. The only interesting thing about David Ellison is that his politics are different (slightly to the center) from his father. That's uncommon in those circles.

Supporting Israel is a large motivating factor for David Ellison. Part of the reason Shari Redstone sold paramount in the first place ties back to frustration around CBS's Gaza coverage. It's no secret, and mainly what I was hinting at when I said he was an ideologue. Not that it's his only reason for the acquisitions however

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Post by wffurr »

pelagicAustral wrote: post #375
rurban wrote: post #322

That would be much better, as Paramount understands to make good movies, trusting good directors. This year only Warner had the good movies

Putting aside all the politics involved in this merger, I kind of agree with you... My first thought when reading about Netflix acquiring WB was that a whole lot of IP was going go down the drain thanks to how hard they try to push an agenda in their content.

>> Putting aside all politics…

>> how hard they try to push an agenda…

Are you talking about a political agenda? What kind of Netflix shows have any kind of political agenda?

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