Most of the production lines for pirated DVDs are smuggled into China,
law enforcement officials said, and are difficult to find once they are
in the country as they are run by local gangs and often hidden in
caves.
“Illegal production lines are the source of pirated discs and to
seize
these lines can effectively wipe out pirated discs in China,” police
official Xu Hu told the Xinhua news agency.
However, most of the production lines are smuggled in from abroad,
making them difficult to trace. “Some are using edge-cutting
technologies. The lines are clustered in the developed coastal regions
of China and most are hidden in dark rooms and even caves,” said Xu.
Xu said criminal gangs controlled the production. The police had scored
some successes, shutting down 231 fake DVD production lines since 1996
which had the total capacity to make 220 million discs annually.
The latest Hollywood movies are easily available on the streets of the
major cities, either from hawkers or from stores, for just over $1
each.
Washington filed formal complaints with the WTO over copyright piracy
and restrictions on the sale of US movies, music and books in China in
April and the issue is a major sticking point in relations between the
US and China. Hollywood reckons piracy costs over $6 billion a year,
much of it in the Asia-Pacific region.
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