Comment on How does delisting a game make/save money?

tyler@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Kissaki@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the relevant quote:

  it’s about these special tax breaks that these companies can take in the immediate aftermath of a merger. So the company expects to write off something up to $3.5 billion connected to content costs as a result. And part of getting that tax benefit means they have to pull some of these shows from the service

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  • underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    so it’s essentially a perverse incentive at work.

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    • arefx@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Welcome to the USA

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      • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because we made it that way. And we can fix it, too. Will we?

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    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s more an unintended consequence. Pretty sure the point of this is that you can buy a company and get some relief for bad assets they have. You can also use healthy assets to get a quick tax break, for things unlikely to make a ton of money.

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      • ashok36@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The law needs to change. Artistic works that are written off for tax purposes must revert to the public domain permanently and immediately.

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      • underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        unintended consequence is the definition of perverse incentive.

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