As
the Joongang Ilbo reports, it's the last Hollywood DVD firm in Korea, and it's leaving because of rampant piracy. I don't know anything about these industries, but I'm assuming you'll still be able to get Hollywood movies, just through another distributor, right? Sony
left in September for some of the same reasons. It's no secret that piracy is pretty big here. Nor is it a secret that people don't feel like spending fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five goddamn dollars on a DVD. As the Korea TImes writes:
Although Internet piracy is more of a concern, movie studios are frustrated about the private DVD copies sold on the streets. Street vendors camped in front of subway stations selling three to four private copies for a single 10,000 won bill are almost part of the landscape. In the film council’s survey, 8.1 percent of respondents said they have bought pirated DVD copies on the streets at least once.
A little more on the topic from
NewTeeVee.
1 comment:
well done Warner Bros for making a stand.
Wouldn't it be funny if they stopped distributing American movies into cinemas too. That might give the koreans something to think about.
8.1 percent of respondents said they have bought pirated DVD copies on the streets at least once. Yeah right. And the other 91.9% of the respondents were lying or did not understand the concept of "pirate DVD".
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