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   From: u@u.u   
      
   "Kvebekski"  wrote in message   
   news:uK93f.54179$0Y5.1130656@weber.videotron.net...   
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   > "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.   
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   >> > 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   
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   >> > One way forward, suggested actor Paul McGann, is to follow France's   
   >> > lead   
   >> > and increase subsidies for indigenous films.   
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   >> > 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)."   
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   >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4325826.stm   
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   >> 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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