Justice’s Rear Antitrust Window

Americans nowadays have a plethora of options to stream movies online, and many may not recall the last time they viewed a film in a theater. So credit to the Justice Department for getting with the digital times.

The Antitrust Division on Friday asked the U.S. Southern District Court of New York to terminate the 70-year-old Paramount consent decrees that restrict how films are distributed in theaters. As antitrust chief Makan Delrahim noted, “These decrees have served their purpose, and their continued existence may actually harm American consumers by standing...