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		thaumasiotes 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Streaming services are driving viewers back to pir... > I really wish we had laws that producers of content cannot also be distributors. We have laws like that for beer and cars, and they're disasters in both cases. Why would we want to implement an incredibly stupid idea a third time?

anonymars 6 months ago [–]

I think you're going to have to back that up with a bit more than "it's stupid"

Here's a much more relevant precedent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pic....

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