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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by r00fus on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:50PM (#16361449)
> Movie industry licensing and asset packaging are stuck in a time

Relevant quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

Until they see disruption or increased profits, I don't expect they'll change. I expect them to actually be disrupted before seeing it coming.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by lmm on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:04PM (#16363198)
It's already happening. Netflix and Amazon have both got into the content-production game, and one of their stated reasons is that when they make their own content they don't have to deal with region-specific licensing issues.
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