Movie piracy is really get out of hand

I know most people own copied DVDs, CDs or any sort like that, but pirating a whole movie before it even goes on DVD while its at box office? That is freaken outrageous. I am against piracy thing especially if people take those pirated ish and sell it for half the worth of the film and still have the nerve topocket the moola themselves. WTF? I agree with comedian Leon Schuster when he says: "If you want to be a pirate, go to the Caribean!"

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LOCALLY produced hit movie White Wedding was been pirated within a month of its release.

Illegal copies of the film, released on April 29, have for the past fortnight been on sale on the streets of Johannesburg and Cape Town.

It sells for a mere R50.

Film publicist Joy Sapieka told The Times yesterday the film — which raked in more than R1-million at the box office on its opening weekend — was copied by unknown person who had access to the original copy.

James Lennox, spokesman for the SA Federation Against Copyright Theft, said six people had been arrested in connection with the pirating of White Wedding.

“We seized eight DVD burners and about 1000 copies of DVDs for this film at a Pretoria flat where the burning of the DVD had been happening,” he said.

“This theft of copyright would account for R250000 in DVD sales and that would take away up to 15percent off box office sales from the film.” - The Times SA