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Can you give some more details? "The Scene" is a very common name. Presumably you're taking about first-sale doctrine in USA, is that relevant to re-broadcasting?


I was admittedly being a bit tongue in cheek about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez_scene

The DVDs avoid all the licensing issues that properly licensed streaming media has because the profit and control for the rights holder ends when the sale of the media happens.

Similarly, the profit and control of the media ends for the rights holder when it enters The Scene for release amongst their myriad distribution channels.




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