Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees”

Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by patates on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:32AM (#24208052)

Yes, the question is (and I won't pretend to know the answer), do the people have the need to be forced to pay to have independent journalism? Is there any country in the world, where free press works just as a product of a free market?

I'm living in Germany and I'm not super happy about the TV tax but I suppose we haven't got a better solution.

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Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by stkdump on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:25PM (#24214059)

I think there are good examples, where the press operating in a free market can give good results. But the more important question is, if it is equal or better at its worst (which is exactly, when this is important).

Having a mix between private free press and publicly funded broadcasting probably creates some balance between the two worlds. I would expect the quality of the private press to decline (further), if we wouldn't have public broadcasting anymore.

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Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by lordlimecat on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:34AM (#24210179)

Reuters does a pretty good job.

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