Re:Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart
by DrBazza on Monday December 17, 2018 @02:40AM
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I hoped the same - it was unfortunate that bandwidth lagged CPU speed, otherwise a video Napster if it had existed and rampant mp4 piracy would have forced the movie industry down the same route as music: one or two major services with everything on it. Instead we have Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, BBC iPlayer, the coming Disney service, and so on.
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Re:Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart
by harryh on Monday December 17, 2018 @01:36PM
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The differences between how music and movies are paid for is not driven by bandwidth, but by the fact that an average movie is 2 hours long and an average song is 4 minutes long.
Taking 2 minutes to switch from Netflix to Amazon to watch a 2 hour movie is no big deal. Taking 2 minutes to switch from Apple Music to Spotify to listen to a 4 minute song completely recks the experience.
Re:Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart
by Mindwipe on Monday December 17, 2018 @07:00AM
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It wouldn't. Music was always collectively licensed, for decades, in order to provide radio. The industry developed around that model as half it's income.
That was never the case for TV, and never will be.