Today in China

Four persons have been sentenced for 13 years of prison in Ningbo (宁波, Níngbō) in Zhejiang Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng) and Xiamen (厦门, Xiàmén) in Fujian Province (福建, Fújiàn). This is the major crackdown against producers of unlicensed copies of movies, software and clothes. Other shorter sentences have been reported elsewhere in the country.

13 years! Waow…

Will the pirated DVD shops disappear - once more - from the cities around China and then come back in 2 or 3 weeks? I’m quite amazed at the differences and similarities between the situation in Asia and the one in the Western countries. In the West, you cannot buy pirated DVDs in the street for 50 cents of a dollars… People over there do not need that, they just go on the Internet and download whatever serie or movie they want on their Media PC.

Source
Business Week, 2006-10-20