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Warner to Sell DVD Movies for $2.65 in China to Combat Pirate Market

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2005 - 4:20am.
New York -- Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced plans to release a slate of DVDs in China for as little as $2.65 each, in a bid to counter the rampant movie piracy in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported. Pirate DVD movies regularly sell in China for just $1. Initially, the roster of 125 discounted DVDs will not include any extras, but Warner plans to offer such features on later releases that will sell for about $3.38 in China. "It's pretty daunting going into that market to release a legitimate product," Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer told The Journal. "But we really think if we can get in there, we can be a part of the solution and not the problem."
tags: Movies | China | DVD | Warner | Combat | Pirate |

FBI, File-Sharing Networks Team to Combat Child Pornography

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2004 - 2:45am.
Washington -- P2P United, a trade group representing a number of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, on Thursday submitted a letter to Congress detailing how it is working with the FBI to create a "most wanted" list of suspected child pornography traders on their networks. In Congressional hearings, peer-to-peer networks have been vilified for offering easy access to pornography, and in some cases for trafficking adult content files mislabeled to possibly attract children. "Any time we can work with private industry to help us identify people who are using the Internet for child pornography, we are more than open to having talks with them," Keith Lordeau, a deputy assistant director in the FBI's Cyber Division, told Reuters. The program is expected to launch within two or three months.
tags: FBI | Combat | File-Sharing Networks | Pornography |