XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.german, soc.culture.europe   
   XPost: soc.culture.french   
   From: lucr@me.ca   
      
   "George"  wrote in message   
   news:XM73f.240571$084.177537@attbi_s22...   
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   > "Former King of Pangea"  wrote in message   
   > news:cs73f.3057$Hm3.1569@fe09.lga...   
   > > The US should file a complaint with the WTO on these illegal subsidies.   
   > >   
   > > OK. The Europeans can't make competitive films. That's not the USA's   
   > > fault. If they can't compete, they should go extinct. I guess the main   
   > > reason complaints have not been filed is because European movies suck so   
   > > bad, Hollywood does not see them as a threat. Anyway, European movies   
   > > can't make it in the US unless a US distributor agrees to bankroll the   
   > > films.   
   > > "More subsidy   
   > >   
   > > One way forward, suggested actor Paul McGann, is to follow France's lead   
   > > and increase subsidies for indigenous films.   
   > >   
   > > In France, a percentage of every cinema ticket sold is channelled back   
   > > into home-grown movie-making through its central film agency, the Centre   
   > > National de la Cinematographie (CNC)."   
   > >   
   > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4325826.stm   
   > >   
   >   
   > Of course, that goes against free trade and an open market.   
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   Unless being very simple-minded and uneducated, nobody considers culture as   
   a plain economical good.   
      
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