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Re:Sony software updates breaks movie theater projectors by hypeatei on Sunday December 31, 2023 @02:54PM (#38826984)
> Why would you think they're sufficient to handle this one?

It's a business transaction where contracts are the norm. Sony may not be very flexible on terms, but no one is forced to buy their projectors and agree to the terms.

> why would we want to lean on something as slow and complex as antitrust laws

We would if consumers had no other choice but to buy Sony projectors only - that doesn't seem to be the case, though.

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Re:Sony software updates breaks movie theater projectors by MobiusHorizons on Sunday December 31, 2023 @05:03PM (#38827897)
> but no one is forced to buy their projectors and agree to the terms

I don’t know how much choice movie theaters have. As I understand it, these projectors read directly from a hard drive, and are heavily regulated to avoid piracy. According to the Wikipedia article [1] there are only 4 approved manufacturers, and until very recently Sony had the only 4k model.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinema (see the projectors for digits cinema section)

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