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RE: I've had just about enough
By cochy on 12/20/2007 12:16:25 AM , Rating: 2
You speak as though this issue is about morals when it fact it (and just about every issue) is about nothing else but cold hard cash.

If China bans American movies, that's their right to. The RIAA and MPAA think they can strong arm everyone out there. If Chinese pirate all their movies, good for them. There's no loss sales anyway.

I guess by banning American movies China would be saying something along the lines of

"Well you think that there's huge pirating going on here and you're losing all these sales, so how about we disallow you to sell here so there won't be a problem anymore?"

Not like the Chinese people would care as they are pirating anyway (according to the MPAA).

It's perfectly logical if you ask me.

RE: I've had just about enough
By Tacoloft on 12/20/2007 5:04:05 PM , Rating: 2
This is just like prohibition of alcohol in Americas Roaring Twenties. The product still got distributed- mostly by gangs like Al Capone and Bugs Moran who made millions of dollars from selling it.
You cannot tell me with a straight face that thousands if not millions of dollars are being made off of the illegal sale and distribution of American made movies--not to mention the damaging effect if has on Americas economy when none of that money makes it back to the states. Justify it all you want, ethically it is wrong.
And being the communist government that China is- I would not put it past them to be interested and involved in making money off of creating this ban in the first place. (Comrade Chow says, "There is a shiz load of money to be made in entertainment! But most of the good entertainment comes from the states. If we make it legal to buy and sell American entertainment then money will leave China. Why allow those bastage Americans to make money off our citizens when we can simply "prohibit" the buying and selling of American Entertainment and divert money from going over to America to line the pockets of our Socialistic / Communistic government! Great idea Comrade!"

