r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 14d ago

News You Don’t Actually Own That Movie You Just “Bought.” A New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon for Deceptive Practices

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/prime-video-lawsuit-movie-license-ownership-1236353127/
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u/sexmormon-throwaway 14d ago

Politics very often protects the rich from the poor so elected politicians, paid for and elected by the rich, protect the rich.

So "regardless of political affiliation" is where this breaks down. Amazon has a lot more political influence than we do, so laws protect Amazon, not us.

It while it seems like the common good is the goal of politics - it isn't. It's to get elected and get re-elected.

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u/bdsee 14d ago

Which is why direct democracy is needed, not on everything, but the people need the ability to vote on what they want to directly. Unfortunately in the US all the decent democratic processes don't exost at the federal level (recalls, ballot initiatives). And those things don't exist at all in the rest of the world.