France sets rule?: Movies must be three years old to go on streaming sites!

[Gaastra]

From whats on Disney plus. Looks like France set up a new law! To protect video stores and movie chains no movie will be on any streaming site for three years! This includes Netflix and Disney plus! TV shows and tv/ dtv movies don't count!


Man if they did that here dvds may not be dying in America and we still may have more video stores!

What do you guys think of this?

[Midvillian1322]

From whats on Disney plus. Looks like France set up a new law! To protect video stores and movie chains no movie will be on any streaming site for three years! This includes Netflix and Disney plus! TV shows and tv/ dtv movies don't count!


Man if they did that here dvds may not be dying in America and we still may have more video stores!

What do you guys think of this?

Would it make sense then for Disney to maybe just not release certain movies in France and just let them go to Disney +? Or is France big enough of a market they need that Boxoffice over the streaming content? Serious question in have no idea

[Username taken]

I have literally no idea how things work in France but 3 years seems like a helluva long time to go to streaming.

[Gray Lensman]

Either France will become it's own region and wait alone for streaming or they will not get a lot of films. That seems the most likely result to me.

[jetengine]

The question is, is this a french rule or will it spread to the EU ?
Either way its a bad idea. You cant save an industry like video rentals or DVDs when their dying because of evolution.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

A VPN will get around this. Also Disney is now incentized to tell France that they won't release films there put them directly on Disney Plus to bypass the process So you just hurt theaters and don't gain anything for video stores. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if France becomes the beta test for this.

[useridgoeshere]

Would it make sense then for Disney to maybe just not release certain movies in France and just let them go to Disney +? Or is France big enough of a market they need that Boxoffice over the streaming content? Serious question in have no idea

One question I'd want to work out is what percentage of people are signing up for new movies? Disney+ will have original, classic and television content. My guess is that, in France, the people who decide not to sign up just because they can't get Endgame or Lion King or Dark Phoenix seems smaller than box office and video revenue.

[TriggerWarning]

Do you want piracy? Because this is how you push people into piracy.

[Tofali]

Do you want piracy? Because this is how you push people into piracy.

How fast are pirated tv shows and movies that have been translated to French reach France these days?

[Coal Tiger]

How fast are pirated tv shows and movies that have been translated to French reach France these days?

Most of the ripped from iTunes versions of pirated shows have foreign subtitles baked into them.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Do you want piracy? Because this is how you push people into piracy.

Why would they care. Even if half the people pirate, if you can push the other half to the outlets you want to support and protect your own National industry, why wouldn’t you? The piracy effects the streaming service from another country more than your own businesses.

[kidfresh512]

100% This!

The only thing I want to add is also the american consumer mindset that they are entitled to entertainment at a free cost. People work hard to make the tv, music, and movies that we enjoy, should they not be compensated for it. I'm not talking about the actor or musician who makes millions each year but how about the stage hands, assistants, and the people in the supply chain distribution areas who are middle class and need jobs too. If countries create laws to try to protect their citizens then that's their right and that's what they should be doing because at the end of the day as Americans we would want our politicians to do the same for us (china trade war ring a bell?).

The only entertainment market bigger than ours potentially is China. How is the American mindset that we want free entertainment? We buy movie tickets, we go to concerts and sporting events, we have a massive video game industry and support many streaming models for music. That's a silly generic assertion not based on reality