Comment by jfengel
1 day ago
How much is the secondary market for streaming? When Netflix picks up a major studio release, how much do they pay? Or if it's available on Youtube/Amazon, how much do they make on that?
(All of this is made weirder by the fact that half of the biggest movies every year come out of Disney and go straight to its own service.)
Here's Matt Damon explaining the economics of the evolution from VHS -> DVD -> piracy.
He doesn't directly address how much Netflix pays for rights, but presumably the answer is "not enough".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx8F5Imd8A8