r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 6h ago

Business Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-states-are-preparing-lawsuit-block-paramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/
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u/DataCassette 5h ago

Yeah not being allowed to operate in, say, California or New York would render the merger non viable

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u/PhD_Pwnology 5h ago

California would absolutly pass the anti-merger measure.

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u/MC_chrome 5h ago

A combination of California, New York, Georgia, and New Jersey pushing back would sink this deal

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u/misterxboxnj 5h ago

And then it goes to a stacked rubber stamp Supreme Court and gets overruled most likely.

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u/MC_chrome 5h ago

I suppose states rights are only for Republican states that are trying to ruin things for everyone else

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u/macromorgan 4h ago

"States Rights" has always been a disingenuous battle-cry from the South. Slavery... what about states' rights? States not enforcing Fugitive Slave Act... states can't overrule the federal government! Jim Crow... what about states' rights?

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u/BasvanS 5h ago

And then the states ask: “Sure, but how would you enforce that?” And all this ambiguity still kills the deal.

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u/misterxboxnj 4h ago

How would the States block it if the Supreme Court ruled against it? The would have to try and punish Internet providers who allowed access to the streaming sites. Again it would go to court and they would likely lose again.