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minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoIt is obvious profit is not their concern. Instead of releasing a film that by all accounts would have been profitable, so that they can create a loss for tax purposes. Why not maximize.profits, even if it means more taxes? The shareholders should have a legal case.
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI think the shareholders with enough shares to have influence are the ones who encourage this sort of behavior - if it’s a long-term profit at the expense of short term, they aren’t interested That’s my gut feeling on it anyways
It is obvious profit is not their concern.
Instead of releasing a film that by all accounts would have been profitable, so that they can create a loss for tax purposes.
Why not maximize.profits, even if it means more taxes?
The shareholders should have a legal case.
I think the shareholders with enough shares to have influence are the ones who encourage this sort of behavior - if it’s a long-term profit at the expense of short term, they aren’t interested
That’s my gut feeling on it anyways