Post by @mookie@bunnymotorsports.com

2026-09-16 00:23 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/117277498524993845 If a movie studio shelves a completed film and takes a tax break, then the film belongs to the taxpayers and should be shown in theaters with all ticket proceeds going back to the government. Edit to add a better solution by @jonathankoren@sfba.social: The film should be entered into the public domain and shared freely. Also: Fuck David Zaslav. #movies #WB #WarnerBrothers #CoyoteVsAcme

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@jonathankoren@sfba.social 2026-09-16 01:01

@mookie@bunnymotorsports.com if copyright exists so people can make profit, and destroying something gives it a tax break, the only logical thing is that it must be submitted to the Library of Congress and entered into the public domain.

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@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk 2026-09-16 05:18

@mookie@bunnymotorsports.com @jonathankoren@sfba.social I was told that if a film is shelved for a tax break (fuck Zaslav!) then apparently, it can never be shown. If it is released somehow, then the tax break is cancelled and the money has to be paid.

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@ckent@urbanists.social 2026-09-16 09:15

@mookie@bunnymotorsports.com @jonathankoren@sfba.social We need to talk more about these "tax breaks" and the (ostensible) reasons they exist. The studio is almost less to blame, except for where it lobbied for these rules.

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