https://booksquare.com/daily-square-447/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=daily-square-447 Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksquare.com/daily-square-447/#comment-168622 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:09:09 +0000 http://1408482135#comment-168622 I’m curious about that: in what way could studios have refused to “let” Netflix exist? Technically what Netflix did was legal even before they entered into revenue-sharing agreements. Do you think the studios would have managed to get a first sale exemption a la records and software? More to the current point, do you think there’s a real chance that book publishers could?

]]> https://booksquare.com/daily-square-447/#comment-168618 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:53 +0000 http://1408482135#comment-168618 amen! As I keep noting, do you honestly think the studios would let Netflix exist if they weren’t getting ongoing compensation?

]]> https://booksquare.com/daily-square-447/#comment-168617 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:46:35 +0000 http://1408482135#comment-168617 It’s unfortunate but the majority of the comments following the article about Bookswim don’t seem to understand the difference between libraries or selling used books and what Netflix etc and Bookswim are doing. It appears some major public education is needed.

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