Thus making the only way to see something piracy, which is beyond trivial at this age and (at least to somewhat tech person) actually a better experience. All possible video, audio and subtitle formats, including fan-production are available within few clicks, no need to connect TV to internet (so it starts getting all those ads you've missed so terribly).
Makes me think - how do copyright owners know how many times ie Netflix streams given movie? Or do they just get some bulk fees from Netflix based ie on region and duration, and nobody cares about actual view counts?
I recently tried to watch Spirited Away on Netflix. While Netflix has umpteen audio versions on mobile and desktop, it only shows 5 (Japanese, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish) on Apple TV. Why?
Somehow they still let you cast from mobile to TV with all the audio versions, but I expect them to remove that ability soon.
> how do copyright owners know how many times ie Netflix streams given movie?
The actors and writers, who may be paid residuals on a per-stream basis, do not have access to this information, and I believe this is one of the demands of the current strike.
Makes me think - how do copyright owners know how many times ie Netflix streams given movie? Or do they just get some bulk fees from Netflix based ie on region and duration, and nobody cares about actual view counts?