garfaagel to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the film industry established itself in Hollywood partly to avoid Thomas Edison's harassements. Edison had patents for key film making technology and enforced them harshly, including hiring thugs.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL the film industry established itself in Hollywood partly to avoid Thomas Edison's harassements. Edison had patents for key film making technology and enforced them harshly, including hiring thugs.www.mentalfloss.comgarfaagel to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
