Well, except for some of us more obsessive types, everyone in the US in on holiday break right now. But to respond to your other question, the studios were forced to divest themselves of their theater holdings after the 1948 Paramount case decision by the US Supreme Court. See Tino Balio's THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY, among others, for more details. My own web server is down right now, but you should be able to find a number of sites online that mention the case as well. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Heiko Recktenwald [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 12:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Studios, Cinemas and Antitrust Hi, is this list still alive? ;-) Remember it as not so quiet when I was subscribed some years ago. Anyway, I am working on the WIPO-treaties, DRM, DMCA etc, you will know the DeCSS cases, and I have one question, sotosay a legal one: In Monaco, Understanding Cinema (?), in german "Film Verstehen", there is a short passage on a time, where the studios were no longer allowed to own the cinemas. After WW2. Would like to know more but have no idea where to look. H. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite