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The techlash has gone Hollywood, per The Verge
Big Tech's control over entertainment distribution has become a concern for Hollywood itself, mirroring how platform companies dictate what audiences can access.
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- The VergeThe techlash has gone Hollywood
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Verge says the techlash has gone Hollywood. Big Tech's grip on entertainment is now Hollywood's problem.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLeonard Okafor, inmate and library aide, joins us from Danbury.
Leonard OkaforThanks, Hank. Allegedly, a friend of mine saw this coming. Distribution is everything. Whoever controls the box controls the room.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe box.
Leonard OkaforThe box, the disc, the stream. Allegedly, a friend of mine moved four hundred copies out of a Buick in one weekend.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour hundred.
Leonard OkaforOf a friend's own films. Original work. Mostly other people's original work, with the covers redone in marker.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo your friend is the expert on a platform deciding what America watches.
Leonard OkaforCorrect. Big Tech just does it with better lighting. Allegedly, my friend also had a loyalty card. Ten discs, one free.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA loyalty card. That sounds like a subscription.
Leonard OkaforIt was a subscription! Allegedly. Nobody called it that because the lawyers hadn't arrived yet.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLeonard. You are in Danbury.
Leonard OkaforMinimum security, Hank. Library aide. I hold the only laminated screenplay on the block. It's about a Buick.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat tracks.
Leonard OkaforHollywood needs to hear from me before Silicon Valley does. I've got the vehicle, the catalog, and the distribution method.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHas a studio called about the screenplay?
Leonard OkaforBig Tech passed. Allegedly, the Buick is still available.



