Originally Posted by terenz
Add pricing too. I read that legit DVDs are being priced n China at less than $5 (as low as 2-3) to stem pirating.
I know that during my last trip to BKK there were studio-sanctioned VCDs selling for next to nothing - apparently the moviemakers were getting their butts kicked so bad by the pirates they decided to fight them on price. The DVD market was more traditionally priced, as the legit DVDs offered more in the way of features than their pirate counterparts.