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Oscar season means good pirate DVDsPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, February 15, 2007 11:13 AM
The Me Old China website notes: Awards season is the most wonderful time of year in Shanghai, when every bootleg DVD is crystal clear and we don't have to wait three months for a good copy of "The Queen." Columbia, Universal, Paramount and all the other studios flood members of the Academy with DVD copies of their latest flicks ... A fair share of those discs, sent in hopes of roping in a few golden statues, end up on the black market.... The whole thing is here: And the Oscar Goes To.
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Comments on Oscar season means good pirate DVDs55 disks of West Wing for 500 kuai - that's me sorted for life. China: You may now go ahead and solve your IPR problems. Can't comment on the original article so I instead do it here. Those high quality DVDs are not there because of the awards. To understand the reason for this one would need knowledge of the underground 0day warez scene. It is been years that the china dvd black market relies on overseas scene releases thanks to the all-mighty internet. |
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