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Netflix Becomes First Streaming Company to Join the MPAA

posted by chromas on Wednesday January 23 2019, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the moar-DRM dept.

canopic jug writes:

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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @09:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @09:14AM (#791152)

    This would cause Netflix to oppose some other MPAA members' ideas about crippling the internet.

    Netflix is pro internet crippling. This is the first salvo https://www.defectivebydesign.org/netflix [defectivebydesign.org]

    Thanks to W3C and Timmy B-L they got that already. Soon you will not be able to use the internet without a Microsoft or Apple machine.

    "Surrender terrorists, you have been surrounded!"

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