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		mortsnort 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Warner Bros Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netfl... Netflix paid $500M for the rights to Seinfeld for 5 years to give you an idea of what people are using Netflix for. Why make new content when you can sell old content?

flanked-evergl 6 days ago [–]

Netflix is making new content though. I would prefer they stop, but they are doing it.

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