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September: Netflix Will 'Become Exclusive US Pay TV Home of Films From Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar' (venturebeat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The licensing deal between Netflix and Disney for the rights to all new films that hit movie theaters in 2016 is nothing new. What is new is when exactly the deal will come into effect. "From September onwards, Netflix will become the exclusive U.S. pay TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilms and Pixar," said Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos in a blog post. This will only apply to new theatrical releases because separate licensing deals are in place for other Disney content. The exclusive partnership with Disney does also extend into original programming. Netflix's partnership with Disney is part of a bigger plan to host more unique content that rival services do not offer.
Maybe you should complain to your European representatives and solve this through regulation instead of complaining about it on /. ?
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Star Wars clearly turned out for better because of Disney
exclusive content deals should be illegal. It only serves to form monopolies, reduce choice for customers, and generally drive up prices. That was never the intent of the copyright laws.
In fact companies should not be allowed to operate in more than 1 of these markets:
1. Content creation.
2. Content distribution.
3. ISP/data transportation
because experience learns that the concentration of power WILL be abused.
They blocked my VPN from Canada. Been over a week now. I set my account to cancel. Back to ye ol torrents.
Why spend time complaining when pirating is still so easy? And free? And now I have the movie / TV show forever?
Soon you will choose your phone by the content you want. Like ESPN, well that's a Sprint Exclusive. Like HBO, well only on android Phones.
As it is I have Netflix (canceled my DVD after the price hike) and amazon because I want prime anyhow. But it galls me to then have to shell out for HBO to see one show (GOT). And Starz to see one show (Black sails). etc... Splintered content.
Verizon, At&T, Tmobile, comcast are all trying to defeat net neutrality. Things like binge-on that don't count against data caps are just a way to play the gatekeeper to their private internet. Same with facebooks internet.org.
If someone told me that this is how they finally make a profit after years of loss leaders to build market share I'd like to hear that argument. Is it really the case that paying $1.99 an episode would not get me something like Game of Thrones or the other golden age of "TV" shows? Or is it that they just see they can make money by splintering things?
Too bad things like popcorn time are illegal. It sure takes the frustration out of this. I want one market place for everything be it amazon, or itunes or google play.
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These "exclusive deals" are disgusting... Imagine that we had the same thing in stores: You would have to go to one store to buy Coca-Cola and a different store to buy Pepsi. . .
Most restaurants have been like this since. . .forever? The sell Coca Cola products or Pepsi products. Not both. Same with movie theaters.
. . .or to one store to buy yogurt and a different store to buy cheese, and so on. Basically, every time you go to a store you only would find there 1/2 or 1/3 or whatever of the products on your shopping list, so you need to visit several of those stores to buy everything you want. Wouldn't this be extremely annoying?Doesn't it sound ridiculous?
Actually, if you are shopping for high-end foods this is often the norm. Bakery. Cheese shop. Butcher. Vegetable stands. This was far more common in the not-too-distant past. The convenience of one-stop-shopping was traded-off for more specialized knowledge of each product category. I still visit on average 3 stores go get the ideal mix of quality and price for my particular tastes.
However, this deal reminds me much more of the old days of cutthroat console gaming competition, where one console or another would lock up a "killer app".
Anyway, the Free Market will surely solve this by inspiring some other company to create their own Star Wars franchise to offer on a competing platform. Mark my words. Start holding your breath.
On one hand I'm not too keen on these exclusive deals. On the other hand at least Disney isn't opening their own streaming site and making their content available only through them.
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These "exclusive deals" are disgusting... Imagine that we had the same thing in stores: You would have to go to one store to buy Coca-Cola and a different store to buy Pepsi, or to one store to buy yogurt and a different store to buy cheese, and so on.
Apart from your coke/pepsi thing, the fact you can buy (coke|pepsi) and cheese in the same store is because coke and pepsi both realised they needed to be in as many outlets as they could to get market share. They figured this out maybe 100 years ago or whatever. The movie industry... not so much.
You know... it's really easy - JUST DON'T WATCH TV. I mean, you don't have to go cold-turkey, but you know what, you'll still go to sleep and wake up in the morning if you don't watch $show or $film. Maybe phone someone for a chat instead? Read a book? Do some sort of hobby? Watch something else? If these companies don't want to sell to you, you don't have to buy - simple as that.