andyrossPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-04
Schaumburg, IL | Netflix doesn't want DVD's and doesn't care Basically, NF bends over for TW and the studios because in the streaming world, the studios have 100% control. Unlike the physical world, there is no First Sale law for streaming or even downloads.
NF wants to get rid of DVD's as soon as it can. That means it cannot do anything that will anger the studios. |
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 NickDPremium
join:2000-11-17
Princeton Junction, NJ
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| This might be an opportunity for a rogue website in another country to make a profit. Start a subscription service similar to Netflix, stream any movie and ignore the C&D's. People will think it's legal because they're paying for it. If they're in the right place (such as a third world country) they won't get shut down unless the US declares war on that country. Plus they can advertise their service as being available worldwide, which Netflix can't do. How does the Pirate Bay stay up so long despite being the target of every copyright enforcement agency in the world?
Hollywood would lose a lot of the Netflix money and would have to change their terms to allow Netflix to compete with the illegal site. Right now, every movie in the entire Netflix catalog is able to be pirated for free. But people pay for Netflix for the ease of access and integration with multiple devices, as well as the fact that it's legal and affordable. If a new website pops up that has the exact same service as Netflix, except that it has many more movies available for streaming and it's illegal (but the site claims it's legal), people will switch to it. |
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slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 | I thought some guy tried to do this with network connected dvd players and failed. failed as in government\business said nono |
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 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA | reply to NickD
Good luck streaming video from another country. International bandwidth ain't that great. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to andyross
said by andyross:Basically, NF bends over for TW and the studios because in the streaming world, the studios have 100% control. Unlike the physical world, there is no First Sale law for streaming or even downloads.
NF wants to get rid of DVD's as soon as it can. That means it cannot do anything that will anger the studios.
Netflix doesn't want to be in DVD business at all. It is all to their benefit if DVDs dry up altogether. So, of course they will go along with TW's plan. But once DVDs do dry up, they are next on the studios hit list.
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 Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | reply to NickD
said by NickD:This might be an opportunity for a rogue website in another country to make a profit. Start a subscription service similar to Netflix, stream any movie and ignore the C&D's. People will think it's legal because they're paying for it. If they're in the right place (such as a third world country) they won't get shut down unless the US declares war on that country. Plus they can advertise their service as being available worldwide, which Netflix can't do. How does the Pirate Bay stay up so long despite being the target of every copyright enforcement agency in the world?
Hollywood would lose a lot of the Netflix money and would have to change their terms to allow Netflix to compete with the illegal site. Right now, every movie in the entire Netflix catalog is able to be pirated for free. But people pay for Netflix for the ease of access and integration with multiple devices, as well as the fact that it's legal and affordable. If a new website pops up that has the exact same service as Netflix, except that it has many more movies available for streaming and it's illegal (but the site claims it's legal), people will switch to it.
I guess you haven't heard: You can now be arrested and extradited to the US to stand trial for breaking US copyright laws, even if you and your "Service" have never stepped foot on US soil. All thanks to the post-9/11 anti-terrorism laws.
»www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/13···_piracy/
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 Mr FelFlynn LivesPremium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY | reply to slckusr
That's because the company was within the country. He's talking about a company outside of the country.
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to andyross
said by andyross:NF wants to get rid of DVD's as soon as it can. That means it cannot do anything that will anger the studios.
Of course. they'd rather only offer their bitstarved crapola so bandwidth costs are low.
FORGET about watchable content from NF! |
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said by Mr Fel:That's because the company was within the country. He's talking about a company outside of the country.
I have one word for you - megaupload. |
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said by vpoko:Good luck streaming video from another country. International bandwidth ain't that great.
Not only that, but local laws in a lot of other countries are stricter. And it would have to be a foreign TLD too since .com could be seized by the FBI. |
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Mr FelFlynn LivesPremium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY | reply to fifty nine
They had servers in Virginia, that's how that whole mess started. |
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