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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by dragonwriter on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:06AM (#15922774)
It's not like the money being split between Disney and Twenty-First Century reduced the amount being used to lobby against sane copyright laws; the two firms were perfectly aligned on that issue.

There are others where they might have different interests, but not that.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by JamesBarney on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:35AM (#15923034)
Yes it does. Because when they're separate companies they run into free rider problems when they try to coordinate.

This is why if you have one person bargaining with five the one holds a much better bargaining position.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by dsl on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:47AM (#15923816)
Everyone pours money into the MPAA which lobbies on their behalf. The reason every major studio supports the MPAA rating system is because the $25k/film fees mostly go to lobbying, concealed as a cost of doing business.
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