Usually for laws like that the pitch is that there&#x27;s some indirect benefit to the populace, like a healthier film industry which produces more quality films, keeping theaters open which allow you to continue to buy that huge screen&#x2F;sound theater experience or heightening France&#x27;s importance to foreign movie studios. That kind of thing. As for whether the tradeoffs are worth it... well, I&#x27;m pesimistic.