DesdinovaPremium
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD | reply to major marco
Re: replying "Historically, it was behemoth movie corporations (like Disney) that expanded westward to California before it became a State to avoid copyright laws."
Um, California became a state in 1850, a good 50+ years before the film industry even existed. Copyright law was of virtually no consequence or interest to filmmakers in the early years of the industry (if it could even be called that at the time). The majority of subjects filmed and displayed were of simple gimmicky pieces like moving trains and people sneezing, not exactly the kind of content for a filmmaker to get sued over producing.
Rather, the industry moved to California for two primary reasons: the consistency and quality of the weather allowed greater flexibility for filmmakers and most importantly, they were far away from the arms of the Edison Trust (who ironically was acting much like the **AA's are today). |
