Post Post-Paramount Decrees: The Evolution of Antitrust Concerns as the Film Industry Transforms

While this Comment cannot tackle the extensive breadth of behaviors and concerns potentially stemming from the revocation of the Paramount Decrees, it does take a look at the most salient changes in the film industry since the investigation into and revocation of the Decrees. Part II provides a brief overview of the 1948 Paramount action and the resulting consent decrees, and Part III covers the government’s justifications for revoking the Decrees in 2020. Part IV analyzes major changes in the film industry since the revocation, and finally, Part V examines how some of these changes could lead to consumer harm in light of the revocation, taking particular note of the resurgence of block booking and circuit dealing in theaters and the open-ended question of how streaming fits into the picture.