We've had this in the UK for almost a decade, although the season tickets are sold by the chains.
It doesn't cost anything to have an extra person in the audience. It's not like they have to turn the projector up brighter! The cinemas should do all they can to get people through the door - season tickets are a great way to get bigger audiences, and guaranteed income.
With our huge multiplexes, and digital distribution, cinemas can show hundreds of movies a day. And if the cinema starts to struggle with too-large audiences, they can just increase the season ticket cost, and let the market work.
They can explore other options to separate heavy users from casual users, with higher-priced all you can eat, and lower priced allowances, like 3-movies/month.
Who's losing money?
We've had this in the UK for almost a decade, although the season tickets are sold by the chains.
It doesn't cost anything to have an extra person in the audience. It's not like they have to turn the projector up brighter! The cinemas should do all they can to get people through the door - season tickets are a great way to get bigger audiences, and guaranteed income.
With our huge multiplexes, and digital distribution, cinemas can show hundreds of movies a day. And if the cinema starts to struggle with too-large audiences, they can just increase the season ticket cost, and let the market work.
They can explore other options to separate heavy users from casual users, with higher-priced all you can eat, and lower priced allowances, like 3-movies/month.
Re: Patent # 7866899
Looks like the patent is more likely to be this one. It covers a basic sling, attaching to the camera using its tripod socket.
http://ip.com/patent/US8047729