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The movie business has adapted nicely.
Ultraviolet, combo editions, digital first, tolerable pricing, windowing customers don't mind, all the things the corporate publishers resist.
The real key I think is Ultraviolet.
Where the BPH's bumbling killed interoperable epub as a market force, the Hollywood studios fostered interoperable digital video as a viable product. It still has a way to go and they came to it a bit too late to prevent walled gardens in video but at least video has a viable open alternative to the silos.
They're still as money grubbing as ever but at least they're not trying to fight the inevitable future.
Unlike the corporate publishers.
So there is a bit of a difference...
Last edited by fjtorres; 02-22-2018 at 09:31 AM.
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