[nonethewiser]

Yeah the church and state comparison is funny. The principles guiding separation of church and state are why the government can’t stop or punish tech companies from having studios.

What he’s suggesting is to violate the first amendment. You cant just tell tech companies they cant have studios.

[vkou]

Yet we could tell the studio companies that they can't have theatres. How did that not violate it? Has the amendment changed in the past century? Were the judges just stupid?

Maybe it's not so simple?

[lotsofpulp]

Regardless of the legal mechanisms, there is clearly a difference in power dynamics when people could only share media via specific venues compares to now when people have basically zero barrier to sharing any and all media.