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A 35-year-old Chinese man has been jailed for four years for his part in a pirate DVD operation in London.
— -- Lou BeachThose Chinese pirates are quite resourceful fellows, as they are now copying Blu-Ray movies onto regular DVD discs thanks to the AVC HD video format. The pirated movies can only ...
Reel China: With the Chinese government essentially looking the other way, major Hollywood films can be had on the cheap in Beijing and beyond within days of their theatrical release.
These hilarious pirate Chinese DVD covers will make you think twice about buying a knock-off FILM fans will be all too familiar with wanting to watch a film that isn't out on DVD yet, or wanting ...
For couch-potato film fans elsewhere, the handling of the Chinese DVD release last year of local fantasy epic The Promise must seem almost as hard to believe as the film’s movie’s computer ...
While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a handful of ships and hundreds of men. Ching Shih commanded an entire armada, with more sailors than most nations could muster.
BEIJING – Chinese counterfeiters, determined to cash in on the hype of "Spider-Man 3," have taken piracy one step further, releasing faked copies of different movies in Spider-Man sleeves.
Chinese cops cracked a pirate DVD ring that hid its operation in a fake bird flu research center, officials said.
SEOUL — A Beijing court ordered two pirated DVD retailers to pay $27,795 to six major Hollywood studios this week, but the offenders escaped criminal charges that could carry prison terms, th… ...
A Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia has come under the control of alleged pirates, a European Union anti-piracy force operating in the area said Thursday.
“I don’t know what motivates the Chinese government, but I’m sure it didn’t upset them to find an American pirate in their midst,” admits John Malcolm, the MPAA’s anti-piracy director.
Just last week we heard that Warner Bros. was ending its home video / DVD business in South Korea due to rampant piracy, and now we've got a report from China suggesting that sophisticated pirates ...