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Streaming service providers should be legally prohibited from exclusive ownership of content: anything they put on their platform should have compulsory licensing at the same rate they paid.

>>cwkoss+(OP)
I think that exclusivity clauses for many platforms should be made illegal or atleast severely limited in duration.

>>cwkoss+(OP)
And are you also thinking that content creators should not be allowed to distribute their own content? (which is what streaming services are these days... the direct-to-customer channel by a studio).

>>andsoi+OP3
I think the world would be a better place if streaming platforms and content producers were required to be separate legal entities that cannot collude, price fix, or trade in exclusive rights. If content is good, every streaming platform should have the opportunity to acquire those rights at the same terms.