Before about the mid-1980s, people had very little control over what they watched. About 5-10 channels on TV. No home video players of any kind. Most of the local movie theaters only had a couple of screens and you were at the mercy of what they were showing.
The concept of everybody having personal TV/movie collections is only a few decades old. It's not a god-given right. If the big media corps start seeing a significant profit motive to take it away then we are in trouble.
No, it's not gonna happen because the wrong political party wins an election and forces their evil agenda on everyone. Calm down.
The real threat is that media corps will only offer "licensing agreements" and never "purchases." Then they legally retain control over it. The latest crappy remake of a franchise is in theaters this month, so the studio decides to temporarily yank the original version off the streaming services. Or the studio decides to make 'special edition' type changes to reflect their new corporate PR policies and they won't allow access to the old version anymore. Etc.
The concept of everybody having personal TV/movie collections is only a few decades old. It's not a god-given right. If the big media corps start seeing a significant profit motive to take it away then we are in trouble.
No, it's not gonna happen because the wrong political party wins an election and forces their evil agenda on everyone. Calm down.
The real threat is that media corps will only offer "licensing agreements" and never "purchases." Then they legally retain control over it. The latest crappy remake of a franchise is in theaters this month, so the studio decides to temporarily yank the original version off the streaming services. Or the studio decides to make 'special edition' type changes to reflect their new corporate PR policies and they won't allow access to the old version anymore. Etc.
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