[agmcleod]

>I think Netflix is a huge vindication of copyright. It started out as a middleman simple peddling other people’s content. But copyright forced them to start producing their own content, and they’ve turned television on its head as a result.

Really? They make license agreements with the content/copywright owners in order to stream it. It does break apart the idea of using a single copy and lending it to someone though. I thought they were investing in their own content in order to attract more users, and improve the overall offering.

[rayiner]

Netflix realized that they couldn’t just be a distribution platform because content owners could build their own. They were forced to invest in making their own content because that was a competitive advantage its competitors couldn’t duplicate as easily. Which is exactly the point of copyright. More content was created because Netflix couldn’t simply get away with distributing someone else’s content and nothing more.