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by lurch_mojoff 5319 days ago
Which is compltely idiotic business model for Netflix. They can sell their original content directly to me. Unlike traditional TV content producers, they don't have to rely on (and split profits with) third party distributors.

I suspect you are right, but I sure as hell hope you are not.
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tomjen3 5319 days ago
It hardly matters - at this point everybody under the age of 30 torrent it anyway (or get it from usenet).

The copyright battle has been lost for a long, long time now.

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fauldsh 5319 days ago
That's like saying Spotify should never have tried because "everybody under the age of 30 torrent it anyway".
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wtvanhest 5313 days ago
Only a very small subset of the population torrents movies. Look only to redbox, Netflix, Amazon, motion picture producers even cable companies to see they are all posting huge revenues. Your assment seems to be based on your friends, not the market at large. (Notice I said Rev rather than profit as revs show that people are paying.)

I'd rather pay 8 dollars a month for hassel free streaming and millions of other people would too. This is big business.

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