| Piracy is Chump Change in the US In Asia, parts of Europe, and S. America piracy runs rampant.
You can get a copy of your favorite films on DVD for a couple of dollars US off of many street corners.
In some countries there are stalls or shops set up that will burn a copy while U wait.
Granted broadband has made movies more available in the US, but with many titles available at the local Walmart for $10 it's hardly worth the bother except for the hobbyist.
The MPAA's biggest problem right now in the US is illegal copies of rentals which is why they pursued 321studios so aggressively.
The new dual layer DVDs really aren't an issue yet anywhere in the world. With the current price of blanks near what the retail copy of the DVD sell for, it makes no sense unless the prices drastically fall. |
| Good point, but there's not much they can do to stop it overseas. They have no legal foothold to stand on in other countries. All the RIAA/MPAA can do is hope that the, say, Chinese reps for Universal Studios decide to lobby the Chinese government to crackdown on piracy... fat chance.
Then again, the bulk of the RIAA/MPAA cash comes from the US sales, so it isn't worth catching crooks overseas.
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