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If there is a time to be shafting the Murdochs, this is it.

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Yep they deserve everything thrown at them.

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Back to title. In my opinion there is NO such thing as excess profit.
Unless you are a monopoly & in the UK water companies are the only one I can think of. As I see TV license as a TAX however its dressed up.
You don`t want to pay for SKY movies then don`t .EASY

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As far as profits are concerned, I am inclined to agree when there is a free market, because if others are so good at it, they will come in and provide the competition at a lower price.

Unfortunately, that theory doesn't work with monopolies and monopolistic practices. It makes you wonder what the Competition Commission is for - they don't seem to be making much of an impression on dear old Mr Murdoch.

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For all those that might be interested there is a panorama programme which should have gone out last week about "Rupert Murdochs TV Pirates".it has been held over worth keeping an eye out for, there is a thread about it on D/S.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1637580

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Netflix boss says rival BSkyB should not have its movie channels regulated

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...redirect=false

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That is a bit of a surprise.:erm:

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What he actually says is there shouldn't be any intervention, yet.

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Free market. Vote with your money

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That's what the whole thread is about ;)

Free Market system requires competition in order to allow consumers to "vote with their money."
The issue at hand is "is there adequate competition to allow the free market to work?".

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Maybe Sky should open up a chain of supermarkets and get exclusive rights to sell Domestos, so that it can't be bought in any other supermarket.

People would think the world had gone mad! Why is it so different for films? OFCOM should tell all the film studios, that in the UK, they are not allowed to set up exclusive rights with any one provider and must sell to all that want to buy. And if the US film studios don't like it, tough.

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No read the title. Are you saying SKY is the only way to see a movie?
- really :erm:

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I think the issue is that Sky have tied up all the deals with the movie studios for fisrt run movies meaning their financial muscle is such unless other people can compete consumers do not have much of a choice,the last time i looked at the Netflix website hardly any of their films were up to date.

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actually i asked the question "is there adaquate competition..." not answered it

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Its a free market- & I am not defending SKY , have nothing to do with them.

I repeat there are lots of ways to see a film. I guess the complaint is on TV they have it tied up. How ever I repeat view another way if you do not pay them they will stop buying. VOTE with your feet