I feel bad for those hypothetical Michael Haneke fans in rural Idaho. Which means that a lot of people with Long Tail tastes are being left out in the cold, no matter what they want to watch — and not just in the chillier and more remote parts of Idaho.
Chris Anderson, by the way, has wisely chosen to abandon cheerleading Netflix and to write about 3-D printing instead. As long as something had come out on home video at some point, there was always a possibility of finding a used copy.
Here, copyright law and technology dovetailed to serve viewers in this case, film students whose needs were too specialized to be served by the mass market. With streaming video, the First Sale Doctrine no longer applies. Streaming video is a service, services are subject to contract law, and contracts always supersede copyright law. You have, I guarantee you, signed away the rights afforded to you by the First Sale Doctrine.
At the moment, home video viewing can be expensive, indeed. At that price, watching a movie at home becomes about twice as expensive as watching it in a theater. Unlike the print books that I continue to place orders for, DVDs require players, which may soon be in short supply, either because manufacturers will stop making them or because cash-strapped universities will stop buying equipment to support a dying medium.
That will mean the end of most library collections, and the ability of students to immerse themselves in film, which I think most people agree is a vital part of 20th-century cultural history. Part of the reason why Charlotte Bronte and Walt Whitman remain canonical is because their work has been universally available in libraries in the English-speaking world for more than a century.
Well, you can blame the studios behind those big, important films, who work hard to squeeze as much cash from them as possible -- keeping them in theaters for months, then releasing DVDs and Blu-rays, then selling digital downloads via iTunes and Amazon. Only then do they hand over streaming rights, which even then can be prohibitively expensive. Netflix is also focused on picking up exclusive licensing rights.
What's interesting, though, is that Netflix doesn't even own some of its most popular shows , including Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards. It pays a licensing fee to the studios that made them for exclusive streaming rights -- which are temporary. That means Bloodline might show up on Hulu someday. While Netflix is famously tight-lipped about ratings externally, the company pays close attention to our viewing habits. Which is why they took South Park away, you bastards.
Netflix's release schedule seems erratic and haphazard, with new shows and movies added every few days throughout a given month here's all the new stuff that came to Netflix for February but it's not because it wants to keep you on your toes. Rather, it's a byproduct of negotiating terms and conditions with studios -- who may only be willing to license things beginning at a certain date, or for a very specific timeframe.
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
A newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story. A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. An adventurous young girl uses her imagination to escape her reality, that is quickly spinning out of reach.
While wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates , where Samantha's ex is filming a new movie. When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother decide to use the incident to their own advantage. A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.
In this dystopian piece of science fiction, a man finds his only solace from a consumerist, bleak environment is through his dreams, however, things become complicated when a girl appears in his dreams that brings him into a new web of deceit. Gene Wilder takes on his most iconic role of the master chocolatier who invites a group of young and naive children through his factory, with plenty of twists and turns throughout the way.
A young teenager seems to have his life together but when a dangerous addiction threatens to end his life, his father must do everything to save his family from falling apart. Directed by Bo Burnham and starring Elsie Fisher, "Eighth Grade" follows year old Kayla as she attempts to survive the awkwardness of her last week of Middle School.
The men of "Top Gear" take on the road again with a new trip around the globe that will take Jeremy, Richard, and James, on a wild ride. Accomplished filmmaker Michael Moore takes on the country post-Trump presidency by traveling across the nation to reveal the true essence of American sentiment.
When a couple die in a horrific car crash, they are cursed to remain in this mortal coil. However, when a new couple buys their old home, they enlist the help of Beetlejuice, a mischievous spirit who ends up doing more harm than good. Two teens trying to finish their history project get more than they bargained for when a time traveler lends them their time machine to go through time and ensure that their band continues to make a perfect society.
This one will have you feeling all the emotions you never knew existed. Pixar's take on the inner workings of our psyche is both majestic and poignant, ensuring that no matter how old we are, we are still young at heart. When his father dies, Charlie Babbitt discovers that he has an older brother who is autistic. The two form a close bond, which has the duo traveling across the country so that they can remain together instead of placing Raymond in a facility.
Join Shrek and Donkey as they must rescue Princess Fiona from the hands of Lord Farquaad, who seeks to marry the princess in order to secure his throne. Love bites in this teenage drama that follows Bella Swan, an ordinary teen in Washington, who falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious young man with an equally mysterious family, who turns out to be a vampire.
A group of military scientists foolishly wander into "The Shimmer," a mysterious zone full of twisting landscapes and transforming creatures.
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