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RE: Pre-movie ads rip off theatergoers, suits claim
by flynn23 at 2:29 pm EST, Feb 21, 2003

cyantist wrote:
] ] How much is three to four minutes of your time
] ] worth--especially when you're waiting for the latest
] ] "Lord of the Rings" movie to start?]
] ] That question was posed in two lawsuits filed Tuesday
] ] against movie theaters that claim in their ads they'll
] ] show movies at a certain time, but, instead, show
] ] on-screen commercials at the advertised time, delaying
] ] the movie's start
]
] This makes me quite happy. It's about time someone did
] something about the 20 minutes of commercials. We already
] paid for the movie!!!

if they got rid of the ads, most theatres would go out of business. they don't make money off of ticket sales. they make money off of concessions and ads.

RE: Pre-movie ads rip off theatergoers, suits claim


 
 
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