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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-johnson
May 2, 2007, 10:48 a.m.
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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earthlingerer
May 2, 2007, 3:41 p.m.
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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TechnologyExpert
May 2, 2007, 11:05 a.m.
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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sitoranekto
May 2, 2007, 11:21 a.m.
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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ipodwheels
May 2, 2007, 11:22 a.m.
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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Justice4All
May 2, 2007, 1:50 p.m.
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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JustCallMeV
May 2, 2007, 8:43 p.m.
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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nu2007
May 2, 2007, 10:37 p.m.
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-007
May 3, 2007, 12:51 a.m.
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.