Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

The big guys (Disney, big discography labels, ...) can afford to open a branch in every country. The small guys that made an independent film are screwed.


You don't need a branch in every country, they just need to remove the:

    if($country eq "Slovenia") { print "This video is not available in your country!\n"; exit; }
from the current store.


... and immediately get bankrupt by copyright litigation.

A lot of distribution of media is set in the previous century, where distribution rights are negotiated on a per country basis.

It sucks, and I wholly support copyright reform to address these issues, but making Disney etc into Pirate Bay isn't the way to solve the problem.


He was talking about independent studios though.


Ah, you're right.


This whole thread is about copyright reform, and what should be done to make it better... and that includes this.


There is tax rules to comply with too, but I am sure a third party will be happy to make a solution.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: