11.   Where the tactic hurts the most, Parker said, is when Anheuser-Busch distributors have the largest number of accounts in an area.

12.   But the independent distributor has had its share of hot-potato films in its short history.

13.   Copyright lawyers say selling movies abroad would be unworkable if distributors in one country had to deal separately with all the people who made a movie in another country.

14.   He said so far, no Proton distributor has closed shop due to the prevailing poor sales.

15.   More unorthodox distributors clearly have ways to bypass the official channels.

16.   Some distributors also had their own retail outlets and some of the sales were made by mail orders or over the Internet.

17.   Apart from SWEB, two other regional distributors have fallen victim to takeover bids.

18.   Distributors also have to ensure that they do not prejudice relations between Singapore and any foreign governments.

19.   Liu said that distributors would have to buy the latest movies and screen them as early as possible to satisfy movie goers while striking at pirates.