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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by hannasanarion on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:29PM (#27197102)
The issue is owning copyright and distribution.

This isn't some kind of new idea, in the 1930s the US government forced movie studios to be separate companies from movie theaters on antitrust grounds.

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