The effect of the illegal distribution of DVD's os Tsotsi and Mama Jack in the South African context?
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This is from Variety magazine:\n\nPirated 'Tsotsi' sells despite arrests\nCopies of hit pic still available despite efforts\n \nBy CHRISTELLE DE JAGER\n\nPirated copies of the Oscar-winning South African film "Tsotsi" are selling like hotcakes in Botswana, the country's northern neighbor, despite the March arrest of key members of a syndicate responsible for the illegal copying and distribution of South African films.\n\nAfter a three-month investigation by SA Federation Against Copyright Theft and the SA Police Service, two former employees of Johannesburg post-production company Video Lab, which did the post work on "Tsotsi," were arrested on charges of stealing and illegally copying master copies of that pic and Leon Schuster's box office hit "Mama Jack."\n\nPirated copies of both films had been available from roadside vendors since January, in "Tsotsi's" case before it was even released theatrically in South Africa. Since the arrests and a police clampdown, however, these copies -- which have a different ending from the final version in theaters -- have not been openly available.\n\nHowever, in Botswana, the pirated "Tsotsi" DVDs are openly displayed in shops, where eager customers are snapping them up for as little as 30 pula ($5).\n\nA Botswana-based journalist described this week how he had seen a pile of "Tsotsi" DVDs for sale at one of several Chinese-owned stores in Gaborone.\n\n"They disappeared in no time. Everybody wants a copy, and no action is being taken by local police," he said.\n\n"Tsotsi" is being shown theatrically in Gaborone, but local cinema owners say attendance has not been as expected.\n\nSAFact said the investigation into the piracy syndicate is continuing and the cross-border spread of the DVDs would be explored.\n___\n\nThis shows the potential loss of legitimate income, actual losses so far, etc. This is very bad too because the quality will not be as good.
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There are open source and copyleft movies to be found at Archive.org.\n\nCheers,\n\nArne S.
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Unfortunately, th MPAA doesn't think we have the right to make a copy for ourselves. So, it's illegal.\n\nHaving said that, I'm told that it's not hard. If you're intent on trying it, start Googling and digging. I'm sure the info is there somewhee.
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They are realistically upset that they are losing millions and millions (and millions) of dollars when people get music, movies, etc. for free.\n\nEven with that, I still buy bootleg whenever possible. It doesnt bother me that they can't take another trip around the world or pay their pool guy. *shrug shoulders*
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Not sure, but i did find this little funny article\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3080379.stm
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the makers of DVDxCopy are out of business because of the MPAA. \n\nThere are forums and sites for support but the company is gone so official support is nowhere to be found.
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this practice is iligal and i do not reccomend this in any way! \n\nhowever if you like breaking the trans-continental laws, i would reccomend you download a bit torrent program such as bitcommet. You can search using the program for pretty much anything and is fairly simple to use.
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Karan, hi!\n\nthese CDs are illegal.  the people in the business have a very big network.  this is the process that happens:\n\n1. their contacts will go watch the movie in the US/Europe or wherever the movie is being released first.\n2. the carry camera equipment with them.  usually just ordinary home video cameras that are small and handy.\n3. they set it up and record the complete movie in the theatre.  that's why the quality is also very poor.\n4. they upload the movie onto the Net, and the download link is given to their partners around the world.\n5. these "partners" download the movie in the respective country and burn them onto Cds...\n6. these are sent to local agents across the country, and they in turn copy them and sell them to the general public.\n7. the police are almost always paid bribes to turn a blind eye to this illegal business\n8. in India, the profit margin for the seller is 700% to 1000%!!!  so just imagine how much money the guys on top make!\n\nit's wrong to buy these Cds for 2 reasons.  firstly, it's banned by the government, and if caught buying or owning these CDs you could face a prison sentence and a hefty fine.  secondly, the money is used to fund terrorist activity across the Globe.  all the trillions of dollars made in this business is illegal and funds 100s of terrorist organizations.\n\nso please don't buy them, and advise your friends not to buy them either!\n\nhope this helped...\n\nenjoy!
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South African police...\n\nSorrt in computers I have no clue
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Too hot to download legally right now. Your only chance is to buy the DVD sets
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No cause King Kong is Dvd-9 which has 9gb of data, Get dvd Shirnk to copy it to ure HDD and remove encryption and to compress the size to fit on a 4.7gb DVD. I cant tel you where to get it, but GOOGLE is a good friend in that matter. Also hope you are doing this as a backup since what your doing is illegal, and yahoo has your IP address so they track you down and make the FBI do the dirty work..hehe...hope you like 500,000 dollar fines and copyright infrigment on your record.
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it looks like it has been banned in the us\nthe only release dates i've been able to find are more or less\nJapan  25 February 2006\nHong Kong  7 April 2006\nUK  7 April 2006\nAnchor Bay Entertainment might be releasing it in the US at some point, though its hard to tell.\n\ni know this doesn't really answer your question or tell you anything you probably don't already know, but hopefully somebody knows of a post somewhere, i'm looking forward to some more info as well about this.
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just buy in the side walk vendor if youre from a southeast asian country! so many pirated versions in the streets!
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copying is illegal....yeah yeah yeah... but...\n\nmost producers of kiddy disks will replace kids disks for a nominal charge. they often don't even require that you return the broken disk!
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It might have been considered copyright infringement.
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I'm sad when it comes to movies. I buy off Amazon.com for dirty cheep. Or I'll get em at Blockbuster, rip em on my computer, then take em back. Actually, last month, my gf had to pay my cell phone bill because i bought Spike Lee's whole DVD collection on eBay.
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The law is contradictory on the point.  On the one hand, fair use legislation allows it.  On the other hand, the DMCA legislation prohibits defeating copy protection.  The courts have been leaning in favor of the movie studios, but the issue is not fully settled.