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FInally - we'll all be able to get DVDs for cheap! CDs can't be far behind! ..... what? where?.....

What do you mean ONLY IN CHINA!?

Apparently, in order to combat the 'rampant piracy' in China that one hears so often about in our newspapers and TV news here at night here in the good - ol - US of A - movie studios are going to offer 'basic versions' of movies.
They won't have any of the DVD extras that we get here in the US - but will come out right after the movie is released.

How come they aren't doing this in the US? Guess cause they aren't feeling the squeeze from the pirates here in the US. So... do you think this sends the right message?
I mean - would we get cheaper DVD movies here in the US if there were more 'pirates' selling bootleg videos? How will the movie studios make money selling $3 DVDs?

Here's another thing that kind of bugs me about this 'chinese pirates' that I hear about --- China has no copyright law that is similar to the law in the US.
So how exactly are these people selling these 'pirates'?
They are NOT doing anything illegal in their country. It's just the US laws that say it's illegal. I don't know all of China's laws, but I do know that I, as an American citizen, am not respected to follow them. Why should they be expected to follow OUR laws over there?

I must be a commie bastard for even thinking things like this. Or maybe even a terrorist.

How dare I question the greatest country in the world's laws?!

more info on the cheap DVDs at:

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66704,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6