luprki is talking about when the government stopped allowing Studios to also own the theaters because they felt it was a monopoly. The independent theater chains emerged and the the studios distributed their movies through them. I don't see where the government forced them int to taking. It was the same way to show movies before and after the divestment. Studios also made TV shows and eventually VHS and DVDs. Now they also have streaming. They are not obligated to do anything.
And BTW the legal decree from 1948 was overturned last year.