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Re:$4.5 B. Nortel Bid Shows the Disastrous State of Software... by sehugg on Friday July 01, 2011 @05:03PM (#2720151)
This Wikipedia article is an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Patents_Company

It describes a strong-armed patent consortium formed around the turn of the century which controlled filmmaking technology. Indie filmmakers reacted by establishing new operations in a little place called Hollywood.

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