China Seizes 13 Million Pirated Discs 197
TechFreep writes "The Chinese government is waging a 100-day battle against software and media piracy, the largest such effort ever conducted. After launching the effort on July 15, Chinese police and copyright officials have raided 537,000 illegal publication markets and distributors in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Liaoning Province. Of these, government officials have closed down 8,907 shops and street vendors, 481 publishing companies and 942 illegal websites." This article in China Daily quotes vendors of legal media products gushing over their increased sales.
Awww... come on (Score:5, Funny)
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Hmm, at least numbers are on their side.
Official statement from the pirates themselves (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Counterfitting != Piracy (Score:1, Funny)
In other news... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:My problem with this (Score:2, Funny)