This is all our fault for not buying enough merch, how could we do this to them, capitalism didnt fail us we failed it :NOOOOO:
First of all, back when movie theaters first started didn’t we decide it was illegal for companies to own both the media and the distribution service (theater)? Shouldn’t that apply to streaming services too? Why are any companies who make shows allowed to own streaming services?
Second, all media should be owned by the government and made openly and permanently available for streaming at no individual cost. There should never be a question of “Is that available to watch somewhere?” That service should also have API hooks to allow other sites to access those and give a more targeted or slimmed experience (like how Nitter deals with Twitter).
Yes.
If you forced me to come up with a way to make it work under capitalism I would say a time limited exclusivity thing, same concept as current copyright but way more restriction.
Still the single core platform, operated by the government, and allow production companies to charge for their access portals where they can have exclusive rights to show their content for 5 or 10 years. But if they no longer want to show that content or the time is up, it goes into the public access system.
So HBO uploads each episode of Game of Thrones to a government owned system, seasons 1-6 would be available publicly or on any service that wants to feature it, while seasons 7-8 would currently still only be available to watch on HBO Max, which is just another thing that accesses the central system. This year season 7 would become available to everyone, next year season 8.
Or you could simply come up with a formula to determine how much to pay media creators, probably based on a mix of watch time, views, ratings, and external policy deliberately supporting certain media production
Various people find themselves on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one being its own universe, and they must find a way to get home in this animated anthology series.
this sounds pretty fuckin’ cool. looks like there are episodes on iptorrents
i always thought that episode was just Royland making fun of the fans that were asking for more plot or storylines or something, but if Infinity Train turns out the be the main reason for that, then that’s fucked up
