Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban
by majewsky on Monday March 26, 2018 @08:38AM
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> laws that govern the number of pharmacies by number of inhabitants and disallow ownership of multiple pharmacies or ownership by non-pharmacists
While that seems a bit over the top, I find the part where it must be owned by a pharmacist quite reasonable. It's the same in Germany.
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban
by namdnay on Monday March 26, 2018 @11:16AM
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It sounds logical at first, but combined with the single-ownership rule, it's actually a clever way to protect the "mom&pop store" model. Which is good for the owners, but bad for the consumers - no economies of scale, no competition, no supermarkets... Like being back in the early 50s
That there should be a licensed pharmacist at all times in the store - fine. But why does the store have to belong to one? To take a stereotypically German example, we don't say that all garages have to be owned by mechanics :)
We have laws on the percentage of "foreign" music you are allowed to play on radio stations (to fight against the evil english language), laws that prevent TV channels from playing films on friday or saturday evening (to protect those poor cinemas), laws that govern the number of pharmacies by number of inhabitants and disallow ownership of multiple pharmacies or ownership by non-pharmacists (to protect them against the great evil that is competition)...