But there is no e-mail address or phone number on the Web site, and the only phone number in the Portland directory has been disconnected because Regal Cinemas, based in Knoxville, Tenn., bought out Act III and is closing the Portland office. Several did and were hit with a response from Act III that took them aback. After an e-mail exchange with Reinhold, the Webmasters concluded they had misunderstood his motives and apologized to him and to all who had contacted the company. Regal Cinemas, which is pulling the Act III name under its corporate umbrella, accepts blame for the problem and the inappropriate reaction but notes the Act III site was created and maintained by an independent Web development firm, Portland's NetXposure. NetXposure said it couldn't comment on the case at Regal Cinemas' request.
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We don't feel it was the most proprietary information, but it still should not have been available to anybody under any circumstances. Catlett likens the Internet today to Detroit in the 1960s. The turnaround came after consumers, the government and Japanese competition forced change. People will demand improved privacy through government regulation and through their choices in the marketplace. A one-stop information source that tells you who says what about the Y2K problem.