I do. Most often I go with my boyfriend, but I like going to the movies alone. I like the atmosphere and the fact that I actually leave the house to do something entertaining.
I think that people who prefer to rent DVDs and videos and watch them at home on their big-screen TV while romping between the fridge and the bathroom in their dirty underwear are asocial nitwits.

Like Finnish movies. And “Ali G in da House”

2. Finland doesn’t release movies. American corporatations release the foreign prints of their own movies.

3. Stop being so American centric. It hurts my brain.

If it wasn???t for government muscle, a third-party could write a competing OS that could run Windows applications.
How does “government muscle” come into this? Do you mean copyright laws perhaps?

Of course, it???s not really a monopoly, is it? Mac OS and Linux are quite popular.
Oh yeah, Linux is so popular that a whopping 0.1 per cent of computer users are running it.

The only thing that is better is screen and audio (which is usually way too loud so it might be actually worse!).

So, theaters believe that people dont go to see movies during summer, and therefore dont bring them out… and they start pushing the movies forward pretty early in the year. And people wont go see movies during summer because there isint anything to see.

And then they whine how the revenue goes down and down..

Who is this, my mom writing? I obviously must have seen this back home in the states!

For years computer lovers were divided, everyone cried out for a system and OS that everyone would use. Microsoft did just that, and now suddenly they’re the biggest assholes in the universe.

If it wasn’t for government muscle, a third-party could write a competing OS that could run Windows applications. But the U.S. government allows Microsoft to maintain their monopoly. Of course, it’s not really a monopoly, is it? Mac OS and Linux are quite popular.

No, that would be unthinkable.

P.S. There is no DVD of Millions, either.

1) Vaguely imply how all cartels and monopolies are the result of government regulation
2) Conclude that cartels and monopolies are in fact good for the consumer

However, monopolies don???t exist that much in a free market, unless there is an actual natural monopoly; it is not possible to enter the market profitably at all.
Have you ever taken a look at the personal computer operating system market?

Yes, actually you are right. Of course in a completely free market no-one has the right to limit companies making cartels. Does anyone know of studies about this, and how to avoid this within a liberal market.

However, monopolies don’t exist that much in a free market, unless there is an actual natural monopoly; it is not possible to enter the market profitably at all.

perhaps the ???problem?? lies elsewhere (higher nominal pay for workers perhaps, higher taxes, better service, better equipment than in other european states?).
for workers perhaps
News of massive raises to film theatre workers have escaped me. Since 1990 (when the price of a ticket was a little over 4 EUR), income tax and many other taxes have been significantly reduced. The cost of living index was 1 248, in 2004 it was 1 580. (source: http://www.stat.fi)

(the spending power of finns is the 3rd lowest in EU-15).
Funny coincidence, we also have the most profitable companies, small to mid-sized ones being on average twice as profitable as in the US.

With lower prices, we would probably see few movies more. However, the effort is another obstacle which would become more pronounced if the price was lower: it’s just so much easier to just rent the DVD instead of making the trip to the theater…