Soon there will only be Disney and Paramount remaining in Hollywood. Kind of sad.
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Apple TV Could Gain Major Warner Bros. Titles via Acquisition
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what does this have to do with apple acquiring Warner brothers? if people want pirated content they go on Pirate Bay and torrent it 🤷♂️
While Apple could handily out-bid Paramount Skydance for WB-Discovery and there would not be anti-trust issues, Larry Ellison is very tight with the Administration so anti-trust isn't really a deal-breaker if he wants the whole company.
Also, does Apple want to own cable networks like CNN and HGTV?
My guess is if Ellison primarily wants the film and television studios, CNN and the cable networks, then I could see a deal where Apple buys WB's back catalog of film and produced TV shows (perhaps with the DC universe IP staying with the studio).
Also, does Apple want to own cable networks like CNN and HGTV?
My guess is if Ellison primarily wants the film and television studios, CNN and the cable networks, then I could see a deal where Apple buys WB's back catalog of film and produced TV shows (perhaps with the DC universe IP staying with the studio).
No. It is not okay no matter who is doing it and those defending it in some way, however vague it may be, are condoning it. Stealing is not okay nor is turning a blind eye to it. A thief is a thief whether they steal a dime or a million dollars or whether it comes out of an individual's pocket or a corporation's pocket.
"Must it be brought up in every single streaming thread?"
It's brought up in every one of these threads because someone always defends stealing content and there are a lot of creators on these forums who have been seriously economically harmed by piracy and related behaviors.
It has to do with other comments here that brought up piracy in a supportive fashion and inferred stealing was okay. 🤷♂️
They should do it. Apple TV needs content. You can’t maintain the high quality of new productions and while wanting to increase content output. Either they do what Netflix does and produce everything they can to fill their catalog which will lower quality, or they buy historical catalogs and maintain the quality of their own production. They will not only own Warner Bros movies, but also DC movies and the rights to those characters. They should do the same with AI to keep up with competition.
Laws absolutely need to be updated to mitigate the harm that otherwise unchecked capitalistic tech businesses and people are inflicting on others.
Either they will make a huge update and put it behind a paywall like with Finalcut or they will discontinue iWork. I think its dead and its a matter of time until it gets discontinued.
However, no one defended piracy here in this thread initially, and this was brought up without any reason to bring it up. Kinda odd tbh.
Then I guess it is up to the content creators to figure this out. Have fun with that!
Good grief.
- I heard that Apple is going to adopt Windows after acquiring Microsoft on some Twitter thread.
- Eddie Cue says “well, I personally never say never as a rule.”
- MR: aPpLe WaNtS tO bUy MiCrOsOfT!
It’s probably just Warner Bros movie catalog, studio and maybe subsidiaries like HBO and DC. I bet Apple does not want the reality TV trash content and news channels or any channel of WarnerBros Discovery.
They’ll buy a film studio but they can’t even update Mac Pro.
It makes a lot of sense in a lot of respects. Apple likely want the full ownership rights of their top shows like Ted Lasso, which it would give them.
I'm more interested in who ends up buying Cartoon Network. WBD just isn't interested in family content at all yet between the years of say OG Ben 10 through We Bare Bears nearly everything they made was golden. It is currently impossible to find the whole of (say) Regular Show, Steven Universe or even Generator Rex on any streaming platform. Opening that up to somebody like Netflix who would just dump the lot online would be most welcome.
I'm more interested in who ends up buying Cartoon Network. WBD just isn't interested in family content at all yet between the years of say OG Ben 10 through We Bare Bears nearly everything they made was golden. It is currently impossible to find the whole of (say) Regular Show, Steven Universe or even Generator Rex on any streaming platform. Opening that up to somebody like Netflix who would just dump the lot online would be most welcome.
Apple is buying Microsoft and Coca-Cola to make Cola-Soft: Liquid Glass chatbot with a bubbly fizz.
So Apple is going to spend 40 billion in cash for WB? How will they recoup this cost? Why would WB be selling if streaming was so profitable?
It would be nice to add such a catalogue but not many companies are doing as well as they hoped with streaming.
It would be nice to add such a catalogue but not many companies are doing as well as they hoped with streaming.