Digital Robin Hoods?
By Raymond Zhou | China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-18 08:00
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EMule is the name for a software program that facilitates peer-to-peer download and plays a key role in online piracy. Luo Jie |
"Who's hurt most by online movie piracy?" I was asked this question while touring southern China early this year. Intuitively, it would seem to be the legal owners of the movies pirated, but it's more complex than that. As I was dithering, the guy who put me in the quandary laughed: "The correct answer is, the offline movie pirates - the disc makers."
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