submitted 1 year ago by Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am curious about something that came to my mind recently and that is, in China is it possible to pirate and how?

About China I only know about the firewall and little else, so before I say something idiotic or something that sounds very ignorant, I'd rather you enlighten me.

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[-] tun@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Most disc movies over there are counterfeits, not official.

I live in a neighbor country of china. We grow up watching movies on VCD, DVD from China. There is no shop or market for original movie VCD or DVD. The original would be too much expensive and no one will buy.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for that tidbit! My Grandpa worked over in China and would always bring movies back over. Got Ice Age 2 months early! I always wondered why the Chinese movies looked so much choppier, a different format makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, I'd imagine that you guys could have bought 20 pirate DVDs for the price of like 1 legit one. Plus, could be wrong, but my Grandpa said the pirated movies were usually the US releases so they were the uncensored versions of the movie. A better product for a better price, there's no reason to buy the originals.

[-] tun@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

China (and local business men) usually have multiple times of profit from the same movie.

Early released movies are not good quality. But they would sell it and people would buy it. When the movie was officially released, they would sell the same movie again as better version of the movie. Sometimes they will even sell 4 in 1 (4 movies in a single disc), different movie with same name, prequels and BluRay version.

I think your choppy version is the product of the early profit model of Chinese business men.