Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by Spivak on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:40AM (#27290344)

Would you also establish compulsory licensing so that studios and distributors can’t have exclusive content?

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by Sander_Marechal on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:01AM (#27290587)

Compulsory licensing would be fantastic. It already exists for e.g. radio

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by rhino369 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:23PM (#27293387)

A studio recording is what? 100k investment? A season of TV is at least 10M--and Amazon and Netflix are spending 200M on some.

I think it would be very challenging to set compulsory licensing rates for TV and Movies.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by sib on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @12:59PM (#27293058)

Exclusive content --> more value for distribution channels --> ability to pay producers more money --> better content

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by 1-6 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:51AM (#27290478)

My point as well. A law to break up content and distributors seems far-reaching. Let the studios do what they want.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by scyzoryk_xyz on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:37AM (#27291020)

Haven’t even thought of this - would be amazing at neutralizing the entire field.

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