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Release windows

Apparently movies are disappearing from iTunes and Netflix because of a licensing arrangement between movie studios and broadcasters called release windows. Basically, once a network (premium or otherwise) pays for exclusive rights to air a movie, they can demand that customers no longer be allowed to view it over the Internet.

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  1. …And the modern-day version of horse-n-buggy makers put another nail in their own coffins.

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