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[dalekphalm]

Not quite sure how to explain.

Let's see, Company A makes a TV show, allows streaming in the US and Canada, Company B buys the license to stream/distribute it in the UK. Company C is allowed to stream/distribute it in Australia. What people want is for Company A to allow streaming in the US, Canada, UK, and australia. Company A, B, and C have been doing this for over 50 years, what do you want company A to do, say FUCK YOU to company B and C and allow streaming in the UK and Australia? That's what everyone's "region blocked streaming is stupid" argument looks like to me.

Your example would only be accurate if Company A, B, and C all offered the same kind of Online Streaming availability - which is rarely the case.

 

Furthermore, what is to stop multiple people from getting that streaming license? The major issue here is exclusive region licensing. I don't want just one company to get the rights to, say, The UK. That's bad for consumers. We want competition, which means that HBO could license to Sky for online and broadcast rights ... and then also license to Netflix, and then also provide direct HBO Go access.

 

That would mean that HBO would have to charge less per license, yes, but is that a bad thing, when they are getting so much more coverage? Not to mention all the direct sales from HBO Go?

[Misanthrope]

Not quite sure how to explain.

Let's see, Company A makes a TV show, allows streaming in the US and Canada, Company B buys the license to stream/distribute it in the UK. Company C is allowed to stream/distribute it in Australia. What people want is for Company A to allow streaming in the US, Canada, UK, and australia. Company A, B, and C have been doing this for over 50 years, what do you want company A to do, say FUCK YOU to company B and C and allow streaming in the UK and Australia? That's what everyone's "region blocked streaming is stupid" argument looks like to me.

Well we do have companies B and C right now in the form of mechanical drive makers. As the SSDs get even better, larger and more reliable, should we just stop buying them and get mechanicals to give Company B and C a sporting chance or something? Of course fucking not: Companies B and Cs can either invest into digital distribution or quite frankly, die.

Companies live and die, we don't still use horse wagons, passenger steam trains and telegraph just because those companies would have otherwise died, they just died, were bought out or moved to other sectors and technologies.

[Trik'Stari]

Not quite sure how to explain.

Let's see, Company A makes a TV show, allows streaming in the US and Canada, Company B buys the license to stream/distribute it in the UK. Company C is allowed to stream/distribute it in Australia. What people want is for Company A to allow streaming in the US, Canada, UK, and australia. Company A, B, and C have been doing this for over 50 years, what do you want company A to do, say FUCK YOU to company B and C and allow streaming in the UK and Australia? That's what everyone's "region blocked streaming is stupid" argument looks like to me.

Yeah.... I'm fine with that. I've no sympathy for corporations.

 

Capitalism is supposed to allow for the rise and fall of corporations, that's how the market stays fresh. Instead, what we have are governments protecting every corporation they can, bailing them out, wasting tax payer money in the process, and stagnating the global economy. If a company dies, so be it, a few more will always pop up to take its place, the cycle continues.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

one day media companies will realise that this is a connected globe and that they should release everything for the whole world at the same time, and since its the internet there are no issues other then them being dicks.

 

*slow clap* WE PAY WE SAY WORLD 66 LETS RIOT!!!!!

[Curufinwe_wins]

Does no one give a shit that this was almost a year long necro????? Comon guys...

[LukaP]

 

And how exactly would forcing them to include more customers at once, make them go out of business?

 

Licencing industry =/= distribution industry. The distributors attain a licence from the producers through a licencing industry. this way 3 corps get money. not just the producer and the distributer.

[dalekphalm]

Licencing industry =/= distribution industry. The distributors attain a licence from the producers through a licencing industry. this way 3 corps get money. not just the producer and the distributer.

Granted, you are correct.

 

But this begs the question: In the 21st century age of digital distribution, is there even a place for the licensing industry anymore? Industries shouldn't exist for the sake of existing - but only if they serve a valid purpose.

[LukaP]

Granted, you are correct.

 

But this begs the question: In the 21st century age of digital distribution, is there even a place for the licensing industry anymore? Industries shouldn't exist for the sake of existing - but only if they serve a valid purpose.

I dont agree with it existing. but i also dont agree with many other things existing. they do.