Posted on 07/21/2008 8:32:51 PM PDT by robertvance
In the end, this new copyright law is going to suffer the same fate that many other well intentioned laws have suffered in China; most people will probably never even hear about it. I was just in an Internet cafe yesterday. To my right someone was giggling as they watched Meet the Fockers and to my left someone else was spellbound by an old episode of Prison Break. What did I think? I guess I was happy that they could find some enjoyment in the midst of the harsh reality that probably confronts them every day in this developing country.
(Excerpt) Read more at teachabroadchina.com ...
I didn’t know they had a team in the National League. :)
I don’t think they want to win. Go to any Chinese city. You will see congregations of dozens of tables out in the open where you can buy darn near any western movie for under a US dollar. I highly doubt they will start to crack down on anything.
Darn... I thought this was going to be an article about pirates in Chinese waters...
I don’t know, that Jack Sparrow is a slippery one, he is...
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