Profit motivation. Do you really think Comcast just can't help but make TV shows and movies, like musicians can't help but make music?
You're basically ripping out the budget from the hands of producers and directors, for absolutely no reason. People are willing to pay, it's a completely optional resource that impacts in no way the quality of one's overall health, why the hell would we regulate something like this? Not seeing a movie/TV show is just not a big deal, certainly not a big enough deal to have the US government force content producers to share their IP...
No, I think all IP (at least above a certain scale) should come with compulsory licensing, with RAND or better terms. Then I could, in theory, pay directly for any TV show in an amount commensurate to the advertising revenue my viewing would generate, as could any streaming provider, cable/satellite network, etc.
You're basically ripping out the budget from the hands of producers and directors, for absolutely no reason. People are willing to pay, it's a completely optional resource that impacts in no way the quality of one's overall health, why the hell would we regulate something like this? Not seeing a movie/TV show is just not a big deal, certainly not a big enough deal to have the US government force content producers to share their IP...