Wow… if there is one place in the world I don’t think I’d want to be arrested for ANYTHING it’s in China. Everyone knows that the vast vast vast majority of DVD piracy happens in Asian countries… well it looks like China is doing something about it… and doing it HARD.
The good folks over at M&C give us this:
China says 9,500 people have been arrested and 8.4 million DVDs and CDs confiscated thus far into its 100-day crackdown on film piracy. Chinese authorities have raided 90,000 shops nationwide since July and have forced the once thriving and highly visible black market for Hollywood films underground, Daily Variety reported Tuesday.
They’ve arrested almost 10,000 people in 3 months?!?! WOW!!! Right now… the evil monsters at the MPAA are trying to see if there is a way to use the “Patriot Act” to legalize a mass roundup of people they suspect of downloading movies.
