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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you really want a healthier theater industry:

  • break up the large movie studios
  • prohibit owning both the content (studios) and the distribution channel (tv and streaming channels, movie theaters)
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Any other actions are attempts to distract from these two problems.

[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s already prohibited for them to own the movie theaters! And for good reason! It’s just that the US politicians have been too busy enacting fascism to update the law for streaming and TV.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting - I did not know that! But that does confuse me a bit since Sony Pictures acquired the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain back in 2024

[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah turns out they removed that rule in 2020 🙃

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also make it 2005 again so people can't get a 50" widescreen TV for two hundred bucks.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do people still call them widescreens? Aren't basically all tvs these days widescreen? Do they still make ones that are square shaped?

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Probably? Maybe? Just thought it was worth rolling out the adjective since it was comparing to the before-times. :-)