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Posted by: ipodwheels 1 year, 4 months ago

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At present piracy of movies in Asia has become a booming business, offering entertainment to many third world countries at affordable prices. With the release of the HD DVD key we can only imagine how big it will become in the next few months.

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stephen-johnson1 year, 4 months ago

Bottom line, sadly - nothing will be done about the bootlegging. We will continue to trade and invest in Asia while they steal our intellectual property.
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  deathray1 year, 4 months ago
  
  It's interesting that the US cannot even protect it's "innovation economy" from the developing world.
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    stephen-johnson1 year, 4 months ago
    
    I don't buy into the "innovation economy" concept - a nation that doesn't manufacture any tangible goods isn't in good shape.
    The US Army now relies on Chinese clothing manufacturers for uniforms. If we went to war with them, would our soldiers go into battle with nothing but their BVDs?
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earthlingerer1 year, 4 months ago

Nah, here in the Baltics, Poland, Ukraine, and Czech, we get Russian-made ones.
We got PERFECT Shrek 2 DVDs weeks before they were even at Wal Mart! $6!
The softwares are a bit harder to find, though.
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TechnologyExpert1 year, 4 months ago

Not really a surprise ... what's more annoying is that studios are selling DVDs over there on the cheap (a few $) to try to get SOME money, while we pay much higher prices here :-(
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  earthlingerer1 year, 4 months ago
  
  "We"?????
  Sorry, but "we" buy or hack our DVD players into "all region" and buy from India, or elsewhere. Region 5 tends to be the cheapest, and PAL format is superior to NTSC
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sitoranekto1 year, 4 months ago

Believe to me, the piracy in Asia is a trifle, in comparison with a piracy in Russia. In Moscow there is a huge market called Gorbushka where it is possible to buy any film, the software, or music for pennies.
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  earthlingerer1 year, 4 months ago
  
  If by pennies you mean only a couple bucks, then you're dead on.
  Good news: They take American dollars there! And it gets you a better deal to use them.
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ipodwheels1 year, 4 months ago

I agree. It is literally killing the industry in those parts of the world as well. Those who legally distribute the real thing are forced to compete with the really low prices or worse. Quality are sometimes downgraded to copw up with the cost cutting measures.
Really sad.
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SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago

I have the answer...people will only be allowed to enter movie theaters in their underpants!
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  Amazing11 year, 4 months ago
  
  Does that mean they will have to come to the theatre with exact change. What if they want popcorn?
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    SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Hmm...okay, all popcorn is FREEE!!!
    (I really like my idea, who doesn't like watching movies in their skivvies, eating free popcorn???)
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  earthlingerer1 year, 4 months ago
  
  These bootlegs are not made by people entering the theatres.
  They are made by people working in the theaters, directly copying the source sent out by distributors.
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    SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago
    
    If everyone is watching in their undergarments, then it should be easier to find out who is doing that, since you can rule out viewers...then fire the offenders!
    Free popcorn, for everyone!!!
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Justice4All1 year, 4 months ago

It's sad, but doesn't really hurt the moviemakers. Sure, they would make millions if all those DVD's were sold legally. But people in China paying 6 Yuan for a DVD would never afford a 30 USD DVD. So without pirated DVD's the studios would not make any more money.
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JustCallMeV1 year, 4 months ago

As long as there is a demand for black marketed items, piracy will continue. It is like a virus, catch and prosecute one and five will spring up in their place.
-V-
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nu20071 year, 4 months ago

The US rips great profits by hiring cheap labors from Asia while Asia rips the US off by privating their DVDs. The world economy seems to balance in one way or the other...
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Plain-0071 year, 4 months ago

Intellectual property is of course humankind property like anyone digging just a little under the surface well and easily discovers. This is very well the plain truth for 99.9% of patents at this point in time but with respect to authors of books and movies, plays or similar works of art and academic and scientific work it is very sad (and very bad news for all of us) if they do not recover (somehow) at the very least what they invested in time and money. The good authors are generous. Most are willing to work for a modest profit.
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