Re:Microsoft Office 2010: Can’t be activated anymore?
by lotsofpulp on Sunday August 01, 2021 @11:23AM
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> I wish the gov't can intervene - like for cinemas, mandate that you either produce, or distribute, but not both. This will remove exclusivity, and let the platforms compete on platform level features.
The only thing government needs to do is reduce years of copyright. Everything else will sort itself out.
Re:Microsoft Office 2010: Can’t be activated anymore?
by judge2020 on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:51AM
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> I wish the gov't can intervene - like for cinemas, mandate that you either produce, or distribute, but not both.
This has now been repealed, fyi: https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/7/21358637/movie-theater-anti...
Not that Netflix or Disney would see the "booming" physical theater industry and want to buy in these days.
Re:Microsoft Office 2010: Can’t be activated anymore?
by madeofpalk on Sunday August 01, 2021 @10:03AM
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> Netflix has finalized a deal to buy Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre for an undisclosed price, closing a transaction that had been in the works for more than a year.
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/netflix-hollywood-egyptia...
Not quite what you meant, but still.
Re:Microsoft Office 2010: Can’t be activated anymore?
by BrandoElFollito on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:19AM
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The govt mandated that in France the TV channels cannot broadcast movies on Saturday.
Then came Netflix, non-national channels, streaming, torrents and what not but the rule stayed the same.
While, as a French, I strongly support govt interventionism, there are plenty of cases where they happily belive it is still 1990.
And don't get me started with the use of govt Internet services which are terrible.
the true issue is that such a way to "solve" piracy means less money for the publishers, who are very used to hold a commanding position and they do not wish to give it up. Thus, the current fragmented on-demand video platforms - every publisher from disney, to HBO, wants a piece of the subscriber pie.
I wish the gov't can intervene - like for cinemas, mandate that you either produce, or distribute, but not both. This will remove exclusivity, and let the platforms compete on platform level features.