Last week, the entertainment industry, especially the movie (Hollywood and Bollywood) and music, was affected by two different aspects. It was wriggled by two sides.
On one side is the American administration that has a dual but paradoxical goal of curbing piracy yet increasing the awareness of American products in China.
… for the Bush administration to file two separate complaints. One addresses what American companies say is China's reluctance to use criminal laws for people caught selling DVDs with pirated material on them.
A second complaint would be about expanding "market access" for American products in China.
On the other side is the aggregation of radical clerics who want to enact Islamic law and shut the video stores in Pakistan.
On Friday evening, dozens of students gathered in front of the mosque around a smoldering heap of Pakistani, Indian and English CDs and DVDs. "These are all dirty movies," one said, claiming that they had been handed over to the students voluntarily by a local video store owner.
These two different sentiments achieve one common goal: reduction in the sales of movie DVDs and music CDs, whether counterfeit or genuine.
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