living in China,I've often wondered about the pirate DVD business. Some distribution networks make a substantial amount of money. I see the new stock coming in and think, from where?
My conclusion is that Chinese mafia run the business, or at least someone who can bankroll the police, printing cost, mass copier cost, etc.
Anyone know how this works in China? I mean, how far up the ladder does the money go?
I try to think of it this way: for every disk (6-8RMB) at least 1RMB goes to the bribe, 1RMB or less goes to the retail vendor. The rest into fat middle aged, smoking, got 2 mistress, guy's pocket.
This is a common practice with the Chinese police. In Mainland China (Xi'an) there are many legit looking DVD shops that sell 1000's of pirated DVD for less than $1. Every once in a while you go to the shop and there is nothing but some shitty legit Chinese DVDs.
The Police make their sweep (chough...,bribe), and a day later its back to normal.
Downloading isnt that big because most people here just dont have the equipment, or would rather go buy the disk with 0 wait time.
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living in China,I've often wondered about the pirate DVD business. Some distribution networks make a substantial amount of money. I see the new stock coming in and think, from where? My conclusion is that Chinese mafia run the business, or at least someone who can bankroll the police, printing cost, mass copier cost, etc. Anyone know how this works in China? I mean, how far up the ladder does the money go? I try to think of it this way: for every disk (6-8RMB) at least 1RMB goes to the bribe, 1RMB or less goes to the retail vendor. The rest into fat middle aged, smoking, got 2 mistress, guy's pocket.
This is a common practice with the Chinese police. In Mainland China (Xi'an) there are many legit looking DVD shops that sell 1000's of pirated DVD for less than $1. Every once in a while you go to the shop and there is nothing but some shitty legit Chinese DVDs. The Police make their sweep (chough...,bribe), and a day later its back to normal. Downloading isnt that big because most people here just dont have the equipment, or would rather go buy the disk with 0 wait time.