@ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agoWhy is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down110
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkWhy is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works.theconversation.com@ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@FreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish80•2 months agoIn this chapter of “Capitalism ruins everything”
minus-square@style99@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 months ago For comparison, NBC in the US paid US$7.75 billion (A$11.8 billion) in 2014 for the rights to broadcast the Olympics until 2032. At that much money, you can pretty much count on extreme amounts of corruption and thievery going on behind the scenes.
minus-square@state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoThey are very creative in finding new ways to screw us over.
minus-square@PirateForDaLolz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoThe thing that sucks about capitalism is that for as awful as it is, the idea that it breeds innovation is also true.
In this chapter of “Capitalism ruins everything”
At that much money, you can pretty much count on extreme amounts of corruption and thievery going on behind the scenes.
B-but capitalism breeds innovation!
They are very creative in finding new ways to screw us over.
The thing that sucks about capitalism is that for as awful as it is, the idea that it breeds innovation is also true.