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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Film/video room
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.235250.16439@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
- References: <1992Dec31.200527.15037@clarinet.com> <1i53j0INN33g@werple.apana.org.au> <1993Jan03.021241.12466@clarinet.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:52:50 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan03.021241.12466@clarinet.com> brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
- >>For example, Australia is about 3 years behind in the showing of Star Trek
- >>the Next Generation - so the latest episodes of the series are a good
- >>thing for a video room over here
- >And almost certainly ilicit showings, since they take away from the
- >audience for the legit showings with Australian advertisers. It's nice
- >to get it earlier, but you have to realize that for these popular items,
- >selling advertising, or getting people together in a room and doing a
- >screening is how the producers make their money. If you show Star Trek
- >or other stuff you're doing something that legit people have to pay a
- >good sum of money to do, even if the video room were free to all comers.
-
- If the producers were to get their act together and actually show the stuff on
- time, all of this wouldn't be necessary.
- --
- "On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
- On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
- that she made from Leftover Turkey.
- [days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
- -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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