At stake is the lucrative power play between distributors and creators that the streaming revolution overturned. Hitmakers accustomed to decades of risk-free profit-share deals have been moping around since Netflix — followed by streaming competitors including Disney+ and Amazon — swooped into town brandishing a new kind of deal: lump sum buyouts that limit talent upside while adding value to their platforms.
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