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Pirate HDVDPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 20, 2004 6:13 PM
A report by Ada Shen about pirates using a cutting edge technology well before its mainstream adoption: Beijing, December 12, 2004-- A new type of DVD, called "HDVD", has appeared on the black market, further aggravating the DVD piracy problem. A single HDVD, can contain about 4 full-length feature films, or 10 episodes of TV programming. A standard DVD can generally hold one film, or a handful of TV episodes. HDVD disks play on standard DVD players, and sell for the same price as standard pirated DVDs -- about US $1 per disk. A nationwide campaign has been launched by the Ministry of Culture to combat the sale of illegal HDVDs. According to state officials, the crackdown will run until the end of February. |
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