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Netflix has become the first streaming company to join the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hollywood’s most powerful lobbying group. This is the first time a non-Hollywood group has joined the group which consists of the six Hollywood studios. The MPAA has been a strong proponent of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) in all technologies it touches and lobbies extensively for maximal reductions in use.
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).
Articles about Netflix have been featured a lot on SN in many different contexts.
Earlier on SN:
Video Streaming Services set for Cambrian Explosion (2019)
Netflix to Raise $2 Billion in Debt to Fund More Original Content (2018)
Netflix is the Latest Company to Try Bypassing Apple's App Store (2018)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 23 2019, @06:58PM (2 children)
quit being a slave and download torrents. if you're scared of getting in trouble use a vpn. if you're scared of getting malware use a grown up's OS. ridiculous false choices...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Wednesday January 23 2019, @09:39PM (1 child)
The fact is that downloading torrents of copyrighted works is illegal where I live. As such I am obligated to abide by the laws we have setup or help to get them changed. Even in the event that we gate sane copyright laws on the books. That doesn't mean downloading a torrent of a recent movie would automatically be fine. As copyright was designed to protect against such things. It just wasn't meant to be a Forever Copyright. Without copyright protection, many industries would spiral down the drain. It would actually be more of a plummet to the bottom. There would be nothing stopping there being 5000+ competing sites trying to cash in on the latest thing to be released, because as soon as it was released everyone would have it. There would also cease to be any incentive for new content to be created other than Altruism. You wonder why outright Communism/Socialism didn't work in Russia? That is it, no incentive to better one's own circumstances. As you can't better your own circumstances, when it all goes to the state.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 23 2019, @10:38PM
You sound like a faggot.