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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 7750984" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>As of right now, there's no changes to how the show is being distributed or streamed. Now for a more drawn-out version that involves going into television industry legalese!</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what deal there is between Legendary (the parent company of Geek & Sundry) and VRV or their parent company/companies, but it depends on who it's in place with. If it's a sub-licensed distribution deal from Legendary and/or Geek & Sundry, it'll remain in place for anything that G&S has the rights to. If Critical Roll is leaving them with the back catalog, all the stuff that's been distributed previously or in the future on G&S would be part of it. If it's with Critical Roll independently (since they do own the rights to the show), it should stay in place even with the switch in production and distribution. But it really depends on who has deals with whom over what and what those deals specifically state and it's really hard to do more than speculate based on most common industry practices, which would mean CR will stay on VRV and other outlets including G&S for the remainder of this season before moving to their own channel afterward.</p><p></p><p>Okay, boring part over! If you're worried about CR leaving a platform you're (legally) watching it on, the best thing to do is email or tweet politely and ask about it. Don't spam, don't ask repeatedly, don't get angry or make demands. Just politely say something like, "Hello, I watch Critical Roll on VRV and was wondering if it'll still be on there after the change to your own channel?" It shows there's interest from users of that platform and makes it more likely that, if there is any chance of it leaving the service, that they'll look to make a new deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 7750984, member: 6669048"] As of right now, there's no changes to how the show is being distributed or streamed. Now for a more drawn-out version that involves going into television industry legalese! I'm not sure what deal there is between Legendary (the parent company of Geek & Sundry) and VRV or their parent company/companies, but it depends on who it's in place with. If it's a sub-licensed distribution deal from Legendary and/or Geek & Sundry, it'll remain in place for anything that G&S has the rights to. If Critical Roll is leaving them with the back catalog, all the stuff that's been distributed previously or in the future on G&S would be part of it. If it's with Critical Roll independently (since they do own the rights to the show), it should stay in place even with the switch in production and distribution. But it really depends on who has deals with whom over what and what those deals specifically state and it's really hard to do more than speculate based on most common industry practices, which would mean CR will stay on VRV and other outlets including G&S for the remainder of this season before moving to their own channel afterward. Okay, boring part over! If you're worried about CR leaving a platform you're (legally) watching it on, the best thing to do is email or tweet politely and ask about it. Don't spam, don't ask repeatedly, don't get angry or make demands. Just politely say something like, "Hello, I watch Critical Roll on VRV and was wondering if it'll still be on there after the change to your own channel?" It shows there's interest from users of that platform and makes it more likely that, if there is any chance of it leaving the service, that they'll look to make a new deal. [/QUOTE]
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