PirateJesus to [email protected]English • 9 months agoMovie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websitesarstechnica.commessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1526cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoIt 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.
minus-squareNoxylinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoI 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
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.
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