Screaming About Streaming
This will interest anyone who watches movies. I have long been quietly (well, not so quietly if you live under the same roof as I do) complaining about the state of movie streaming services, none of which I subscribe to because I think they’re a scam. The problem is they are openly engaging in anti-competitive practices that many, including myself (not a lawyer), say violate anti-trust laws. Let’s go back to 1948. A landmark case known as United States vs Paramount Pictures busted up movie monopolies that engaged in “vertical integration” of movie production, distribution, and exhibition of motion pictures. In plain English movie studios not only made movies, they also owned the theaters their movies played in, which stifled competition. There were independently owned theaters, too, but they had to agree to play blocks of movies selected by the studios whether or not theaters wanted to play all of them. The courts, including the United States Supreme Court, agreed with the plaint...