• anlumo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      They didn’t need the army of lawyers to get license deals, so that’s not a fair comparison.

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        5 months ago

        Its almost like its unecessary shit made up in order to keep profits away from working people artificially

        • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Yeah its almost like if we didn’t keep extending copyright protections a bunch of stuff would be in the public domain and any streaming service could offer it without having to deal with licensing.

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            5 months ago

            I mean that’s all well and good, but then how would the very deserving shareholders get dividends?

            Won’t somebody think of the shareholders!?