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Netflix Becomes First Streaming Company To Join the MPAA (hollywoodreporter.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hollywood Reporter: Netflix has joined the membership ranks of the Motion Picture Association of America alongside the six major Hollywood studios, the top lobbying group said Tuesday, The unprecedented move -- coming on the same day that the streamer landed its first Oscar nomination for best picture -- was endorsed by Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. It is the first time in history that a non-studio has been granted entry. It also is a defining moment for MPAA chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin 18 months into his tenure. The Netflix-MPAA union coincides with the streamer becoming a card-carrying member of the Oscar race after securing an unprecedented 15 nominations on Tuesday morning. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Sarandos are intent on upping the company's profile as a legitimate force in the movie business, and joining the MPAA will further that goal. Additionally, once Fox is merged with Disney, the MPAA will have one less member, meaning a loss of as much as $10 million to $12 million in annual dues. Sources say the MPAA is courting other new members as well (Amazon could be a candidate). Prior to joining the MPAA, Netflix "departed from the Internet Association -- a major industry trade group representing tech companies including Google, Amazon, and Facebook," Engadget notes. "Netflix had been a member of the internet association since 2013."
New boss. Just like the old boss.
Streaming companies are going to be just as bad or worse as cord based ones. All you cutters have done is been lured in my drug dealer procedures of "my shit is cheaper, better and I care about my clients"
Because I would close it.
I'm sure that 99.999â+ of their users never even heard of the MPAA, though, so I expect this to have no real consequences for them.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Oh look! I see google managed to slip their name in for no reason just ignore them it is literally just a word on paper and google is not involved in any way
You can't win an Oscar unless your a member...
But they know who you are regardless. They will trace your IP, they will know the time you used it, they will compare it to the data they have of the area, and suddenly they know exactly who you are.
Prior to joining the MPAA, Netflix "departed from the Internet Association -- a major industry trade group representing tech companies including Google, Amazon, and Facebook," Engadget notes. "Netflix had been a member of the internet association since 2013."
So how many ways exactly are the interests and philosophies of those associations conflicting?
We can now expect Netflix to endorse pedophiles and flout consumer demand.
Abandoned by their users in protest against the evil that is MPAA
It is the first time in history that a non-studio has been granted entry.
According to Wikipedia, Netflix has created well over 300 programs/series (stopped counting at 300 and still had a ways to go) and over 200 films. Tell me again how they aren't a studio at this point?
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
The MPAA has been big in trying to crack down on Piracy (Which is not a popular within the Slashdot and the Free Software crowd). However with Netflix as a Member, this means there is streaming service who seems to be on the same side. Giving credence to Netflix and Streaming services as an acceptable distribution method for movies.
Now this isn't 2009 where a lot of companies are afraid to to license with Netflix to show their movies. If you remember Netflix streaming back then, even full TV shows had the popular episodes off Netflix because there was a general fear that it would be a piracy den, even with its DRM. But still today there are companies that try to avoid Netflix, mainly because they are not in the same club. With Netflix joining the MPAA, they are being in the same club.
Also for their original work they can get credit for their work and being compared against their peers.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
But...but...people on /. assure me that IP is not personally identifiable for purposes of the GDPR. Is someone lying to me?!
Don't forget bigotry from them, such as suggesting kids being thrown into wood chippers because they DARED to wear a red hat.
Story film producer Jack Morrissey did just that.
Now NetFlix can justify putting previews before ALL of their movie content, just like the MPAA folks do in the theaters and rentals. "They others do it, why can't we?"
I've been trying to avoid funding the **AA's, while still paying for content.
This makes it more difficult.
thats it for them watch there numbers drop now
I am going to cancel my subscription now. I cannot, in good faith, give money to a company that openly supports the MPAA mafia. Good bye, Netflix. It was fun while it lasted.
So which role will Netflix play. I know which one will get me to keep subscribing... (yeah, I know they don't have that kind of control but they are, I think, the biggest streaming service, which wields a fair bit of power)
I canceled my Netflix account when they announced their latest price hike.
Kiss the Don's hand, be nice to the Consigliere, don't show around your comáre and never talk to the cops or you can fuggedaboutit.
The MPAA can rot in hell. That organization is the antithesis of customer friendly. I personally don't have a care for the Oscars. I don't need someone else telling me what and who are good. I can make those decisions myself.
Captcha - irately
Because I would close it.
I'm sure that 99.999â+ of their users never even heard of the MPAA, though, so I expect this to have no real consequences for them.
I just cancelled my subscription. I could (sort of) understand a price hike but this is the last straw. The programming quality of Netflix has gone downhill anyhow. I just streamed the first episode of the new season of The Punisher and it sucked ass. It's totally not worth the 10.99 or whatever it is going to go up to. I've seen better programming on Sony Crackle and I don't have to pay them a dime. All I have to do is watch an occasional shitty commercial that never lasts that long and the programming comes back on.
back to gaming bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im gonna say it at least 15-20% just leave and another 10% for that price hike........they are not done but this after disney pulled marvel stuff is gonna cash strap them even more
I hate commercials I'd gladly pay for a service like Netflix that doesn't include any.
Yep, Desler is the one who thinks calling for throwing of kids into wood chippers is acceptable. This is your side liberals, make rash statements and then do whatever you can to back them up no matter how horrible.
I really used to wonder how Hitler got away with what he did, and how he had any support in Germany. But here we have Desler agreeing with killing people for wearing red hats.
Duuun Duuun Duuun, dun da dun, dun da dun
I for one do not welcome our new copyright maximalist, DRM-pushing overlords.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Imagine a world where Comcast users could get to some web sites, and AT&T users could see different web sites, and Verizon customers could see yet different web sites. That was the online world of the 1990s, only the players were AOL, Product, and Compuserve. That is the world of the future if we continue to allow content providers and content deliverers to merge. What broke that triad was the Internet: an open system where everyone could access anything.
But even in THAT era, almost all television programs were available to anyone regardless of what cable provider they used.
Today streams their stuff, Disney streams theirs, Nickelodeon streams theirs, and Hulu, and HBO, etc. We should not allow a company to control both the content production and content delivery. NetFlix making content and joining the MPAA is bad for the streaming industry.
The last time I used Crackle, the selection was not even 1/100 of what Netflix Canada has in their library. And I only saw three different ads, in blocks of two ads at a time, five times during the movie. I think ads are annoying, but seeing the same ad two times in a row is even more annoying.
I hate commercials I'd gladly pay for a service like Netflix that doesn't include any.
I'm happy to pay to not see commercials, but I'm not happy to pay to have my own freedoms taken away — and that's what happens when your money goes to the MPAA.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
But they know who you are regardless. They will trace your IP, they will know the time you used it, they will compare it to the data they have of the area, and suddenly they know exactly who you are.
Obviously you've never heard of a VPN.
Has anyone ever told you that you're a stupid person ? You ARE.
Your mistake is that while you wanted to pay for content, you avoided **AAs instead of avoiding DRM. Granted, if you had targeted correctly, that would have caused you to not pay for the content -- you were going to fail anyway. But you should have had the failure happen then, not now.
Netflix doesn't let you use your own software. There was never any reason to treat them differently than the **AAs. They were already the same thing.
Here is one of the best rules of thumb for media consumption: if it has DRM, pirate it instead of paying. Never pay a dime for anything that has DRM. If they actually sell standard files, though, then by all means: pay. That is the deal we're offering, media companies. Standards and money, or DRM and no money. It's that simple. And I don't give a flying fuck if you're **AA or not. You're merely being judged by whether you act in good faith or bad faith, not by your membership in clubs.
Time to boycott netflix!
If lobbying for DRM on HTML wasn't enough to understand, it should be really clear now that they are evil and will use the money they get to fight against freedom around the world.
It doesn't matter if you don't pirate. The only way to enforce copyright laws is by having total surveillance and censorship.
Greedy bastards who had to be dragged into streaming with somebody else doing all the work and risk. Now they all want to have their own rip off using whatever employees they snipe from Netflix while trying to demand Netflix rape their customers on their behalf. Forcing Netflix to become one of them as the content was taken from them now they have the same pressures, shareholders etc. as they lose good staff.
Maybe if there was a non-profit in charge of the gateway to their content... one which wasn't totally beholden to the corps they support... like the MPAA but not 100% corporate whores who are stuck in a past before the transistor; with the goal of keeping customers happy so they don't copy content.
More like the w3c where they define the standards for the tech of the web. Or a government dept which defines the lower level standards involved (like the US dept. of commerce does it for the internet protocols... in this case it would seem to be the FCC; but government wasn't as broken then as it is today and continue will be until the collapse.)
Having a front end like AOL or Facebook doesn't work out long term; but open protocols for integration between parties like the internet has been doing. Video distribution at a higher level so shows pop up in every app and stats let them know who gets paid for viewing kind of like internet ads. Hard in the sense it's more political than technical.
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What?
How is Netflix not a studio? They make their own movies and TV shows.
Where do you think your money went before? Unless you watched only Netflix originals, it went to other MPAA members.