Good question. Not OP DVD I think there’s a better chance of independent films being shared on free platforms than the government doing a better job at providing an equitable solution. I’m sure there are models out there that would apply to filmmaking that could replicate the success of say, Mark Normand releasing a special on YouTube instead of going with a paid app.
Do you have a plan in mind? Or is this the classical “daddy government should solve all our problems”?
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The National Film Board of Canada pretty much only does 100% funding for animation and documentaries, but they do offer them all for free online. I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t extend that to regular features as long as they had the budget. The budget is the problem.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
UBI + artist collectives making free media
Decompose@programming.dev 1 year ago
UBI? What are you, 12? I don’t believe there are still dumb people who think UBI would not cause economic collapse. Don’t we have enough inflation yet?!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Decompose@programming.dev 1 year ago
No it doesn’t. Don’t pick and choose data. If you’re too stupid to understand economics, then stfu.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
It’s a clear solution to the problem. Instead of our current system of awkwardly trying to figure out how media can be sustainably monetized to have a solution to how creators keep themselves alive, just remove the funding issue outright. Shouldn’t cause significant inflation if the funding mechanism isn’t money printing.
Decompose@programming.dev 1 year ago
This stupidity of not even understanding “what money is”, is the failure of our education system. We have dumb people thinking that abstract money has value that can run society without labor. You guys need to read a book or two.