"Personally I think the IMRO is a good thing"
Virginia,
Don't know how things are in the UK at present, but in Ireland cinema audiences are so small that any additional cost will have the effect of breaking them altogether Here in County Clare we have 1 cinema which shows mainly the blockbusters. Foreighn language films are NEVER shown - and seldom the tiny number of Irish films being made.
As far as sharing the proceeds are concerned, you can bet that, as with the music, it is the blockbusters which will cream off their entitlement first before the smaller productions get a look-in.
Jim Carroll