The film industry was established there because patent law in California was a lot less rigorous than the east coast, which meant filmmakers could escape Edison's vicious monopoly on film tech at the time, which he formed a consortium to enforce by hiring mobsters and federal marshals. Hollywood was formed to get away from Edison's iron fisted intellectual property bullshit.
The film industry was established there because patent law in California was a lot less rigorous than the east coast, which meant filmmakers could escape Edison's vicious monopoly on film tech at the time, which he formed a consortium to enforce by hiring mobsters and federal marshals. Hollywood was formed to get away from Edison's iron fisted intellectual property bullshit.