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CHINA AND RUSSIA WORLD'S TOP PIRATES, SAYS U.S. TRADE REP Tuesday, May 1 2007 China and Russia remain the two countries where film piracy flourishes to the greatest extent, U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab said Monday in the introduction to a report on international efforts to protect intellectual property rights (IPR). Responding to official Chinese indignation over the U.S.'s decision to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's allegedly lax efforts to halt piracy, Schwab said, "Our recent decision to pursue IPR-related concerns in China (more) SPIDEY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN CHINA Tuesday, April 24 2007 Spider-Man 3 may not be scheduled to debut in U.S. theaters until May 3 (midnight showings), but pirated copies of the movie are already being bootlegged in China, Reuters reported today (Tuesday). The wire service observed that DVD copies of the movie are selling for about one dollar and sport cover art that appears to have been copied from posters widely available online. And, in the Chinese equivalent of chutzpah, there is even a warning on (more) |
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Warner Bros., Paramount and DreamWorks have a new tactic to fight piracy in China: sell high-quality DVDs at about the same price bootlegs are going for on the black market and make them available quickly after their U.S. release, according to Daily Variety. The trade publication, citing unnamed industry sources, said that other studios could join the trio within the next year or 18 months. The tactic is being tested first with Transformers, which is being sold for just $2.95 in stores in China and was released there on Nov. 1. It will be followed by Shrek the Third on Nov. 28.
