Re: Artists

[Mark Burns]

Tim May:
 People would go to theaters to see the film in all of its glory, true.

 But the theaters would no longer, in your scenario, have to fork over
 money to the studios.

 (Or that theaters would face special regulation by government, etc.)

Hopefully this 'what-if' world has anti-trust deregulation going hand in
hand with the removal of copyright protection.

At one time, many theatres were owned by the studios and showed the movies
that studio published.

Re: Artists

[Mark Burns]

Tim May:
 People would go to theaters to see the film in all of its glory, true.

 But the theaters would no longer, in your scenario, have to fork over
 money to the studios.

 (Or that theaters would face special regulation by government, etc.)

Hopefully this 'what-if' world has anti-trust deregulation going hand in
hand with the removal of copyright protection.

At one time, many theatres were owned by the studios and showed the movies
that studio published.