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The Consent Decree of 1948
• The case is important both in U.S. antitrust law and film history. In the former, it remains a landmark decision in vertical
integration cases; in the latter, it is responsible for putting an end to the old Hollywood studio system.
• While studios still had their stable of actors, directors and writers, the 50s found many of them finishing off their contracts and becoming free agents, available to work for any company they chose. New creative connections formed.
