Deal volume fell 13% from June. Netflix held first place for a second month. And half of the month’s eight highest-graded deals originated as unowned internet horror: creepypasta, ARG, SCP.
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All four share a trait: no rights holder to negotiate against, no purchase price to report, and an audience that arrived before the deal did.