Chris Brass

Now What? The Locast Lawsuit

The Court ruling regarding Locast wasn’t much of a surprise but for many cord-cutters, it was quite the blow. Friday I managed to speak to Copyright Attorney and YouTuber Leonard J. French about the lawsuit to see if he could provide some legal analysis regarding the verdict. While on the phone he looked at the Judges…

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What is Hulu’s Future

Recently a news article regarding Hulu was brought to my attention over the need to create some more original content, so here is how I think things are going to play out. I suspect that Hulu is going to go one of two ways. Scenario 1 Because Disney+ is “family” focused, Hulu will focus on…

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Journey Into Cord Cutting Part 2 Roadblocks

I made a reference to the US vs Paramount court case in my article regarding Amazon’s purchase of MGM, but here’s an overview of the case.  Multiple motion picture studio’s were practicing what the US Government viewed as monopolistic practices in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act passed in 1890.  In 1928 the government charged…

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A Journey Into Cord Cutting Part 1: Looking at Options

A Journey Into Cord Cutting. Chris Brass shares a reflection as to what led him into cord-cutting in its early days. Explore a time when Roku was not a household name, streaming was new and only recently not limited to tower PCs and Amazon had not even joined the race. Today we share part 1….

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MGM Amazon Deal Could Be Bad For Consumers and The Industry

News dropped last week about the potential purchase of MGM by Amazon and it left me a little underwhelmed. The motivations for that purchase should be obvious. Amazon has been investing a lot of money into producing content for its Amazon video streaming service, so it makes sense to purchase an organization that already has…

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