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Feb. 25th, 2005 07:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grindmonkehSelling DVDs Next to Pirates
-Wired news report-
Taking its battle against rampant piracy of films and music to the front lines, Warner Home Video said it will sell cut-rate DVDs in China in a bid to compete on the counterfeiters' home turf.
Basic DVDs, to be available shortly after a film's theatrical release, will sell in China for as little as 22 yuan ($2.65), the company said. That's still more than the pirated versions readily available in China for 8 yuan ($1).
Warner's basic versions will not carry any DVD extras such as directors' interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the company said. But versions with more features will be available a bit later for 28 yuan ($3.38).
According to the industry, theft in China of copyrights and patents cost Western companies an estimated $16 billion in lost sales each year. Despite sporadic arrests, counterfeit books, DVDs and music are easily available on almost every city street and even in shops.
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Given that you have a decent dvd-burner and computer...
$20/month - unlimited rentals (and no late fees) @BlockBuster
$.75/disc - 4.7GB DVD+R (16x speed...8x discs are cheaper)
free - dvd-shrink software
free - dvd-decrypter software
5 minutes of your time per movie (considering you don't sit and watch your computer decode, encode, and burn)
=
10 movies/month = $2.75/movie
15 movies/month = $2.08/movie
OR...
I know a certain bastard who would probably cut a pretty good deal if you rubbed him the right way.
-Wired news report-
Taking its battle against rampant piracy of films and music to the front lines, Warner Home Video said it will sell cut-rate DVDs in China in a bid to compete on the counterfeiters' home turf.
Basic DVDs, to be available shortly after a film's theatrical release, will sell in China for as little as 22 yuan ($2.65), the company said. That's still more than the pirated versions readily available in China for 8 yuan ($1).
Warner's basic versions will not carry any DVD extras such as directors' interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the company said. But versions with more features will be available a bit later for 28 yuan ($3.38).
According to the industry, theft in China of copyrights and patents cost Western companies an estimated $16 billion in lost sales each year. Despite sporadic arrests, counterfeit books, DVDs and music are easily available on almost every city street and even in shops.
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Given that you have a decent dvd-burner and computer...
$20/month - unlimited rentals (and no late fees) @BlockBuster
$.75/disc - 4.7GB DVD+R (16x speed...8x discs are cheaper)
free - dvd-shrink software
free - dvd-decrypter software
5 minutes of your time per movie (considering you don't sit and watch your computer decode, encode, and burn)
=
10 movies/month = $2.75/movie
15 movies/month = $2.08/movie
OR...
I know a certain bastard who would probably cut a pretty good deal if you rubbed him the right way.