• Noxy
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    1128 months ago

    an industry which throws away finished movies because they don’t want to spend the money to release it?

    yeah nah, you’re disqualified from an opinion on piracy.

    • @postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      78 months ago

      It is obvious profit is not their concern.

      Instead of releasing a film that by all accounts would have been profitable, so that they can create a loss for tax purposes.

      Why not maximize.profits, even if it means more taxes?

      The shareholders should have a legal case.

      • Noxy
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        38 months ago

        I think the shareholders with enough shares to have influence are the ones who encourage this sort of behavior - if it’s a long-term profit at the expense of short term, they aren’t interested

        That’s my gut feeling on it anyways

    • just another dev
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      -258 months ago

      Yeah! Like, just because you make something, doesn’t mean you get to decide what to do with it.

      • androogee (they/she)
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        8 months ago

        Movies are made by a lot of people.

        Many people pouring time, effort, and creativity into a difficult art form.

        You really think any of the people who actually made the movie had a say in the decision to shelf it?

        • @Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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          -128 months ago

          Those people were paid for their efforts. Sure it might be disappointing for that effort to not see the light it day, but at the same time I’ll bet many are relieved their name won’t be attached to a poor product.

        • just another dev
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          -188 months ago

          No, of course not.

          If I commission an artist to make me a painting, and I then decide to throw it in a storage bin (or the trash) rather than put it in a gallery - that’s my decision. Neither the artist or the general public gets a say in it. Claiming otherwise (especially in case of the public) is pure entitlement.

          • Noxy
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            108 months ago

            The artist would still be able to display it, even if just a high quality scan of an original.

          • @conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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            78 months ago

            If you commission the artist to make you a painting, with some portion of the price being a cut of the revenue generated by displaying the painting, you absolutely should not be permitted to just throw it in the trash.

            There should be an inherent obligation to make a good faith effort to make the revenue you’re required to share.