China Stolen Media, Volume 1

15 Apr

Well, for a little while now - as some of you know - I’ve been tacking streaming movies and tv shows on to the end of all my posts. These shows are all shown in full on some Chinese video websites, despite the fact that similar sites like youtube have run into serious legal problems due to copyright issues.

Now for those of you who aren’t regular readers of this site, here is a summary of all the media I’ve linked to over the past few months. If you’re reading in China, and you’re sick of watching Chinese tv - well, I suggest you bookmark this page cause it might come in handy.

24 Season 1
24 Season 2
Casino Royale and other misc. Bond movies
Luc Besson’s Leon / The Professional
Star Wars - 5 full Episodes/Movies back-to-back
Malcolm in the Middle - Season 1
Meet the Parents 2: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
The Godfather
Get Smart
Spiderman
Lost - Season 1
Ghostbusters
Hustle - Season 1
The Devil Wears Prada
Dr. No
Friends - Season 1
2007 NBA All-star Game from Las Vegas
A few random Seinfeld Episodes
Kyle XY - Season 1
Futurama
The Apprentice
Prison Break - Season 1
Prison Break - Season 2
Joey - Season 1
The Unit

You may be asking yourself, How is it possible that these Chinese sites can get away with this?

Chinese youtube clones have enjoyed relative immunity to copyright law, partially due to the language barrier that prevents Hollywood from searching the Chinese internet, and partially because it’s way easier to pick on defenseless college kids. That’s just retarded.

In any case, I’ll be reporting the location of more media at the end of every post in the future, and I’m doing so for two reasons:

Those of us who are here in China could really use some decent TV. DVDs on the street are becoming harder to come by.
I’d like to do a small part in helping publicize the fact that Hollywood, the RIAA, and Danny Glover are going after the little guys (like a college kid who downloads a movie from Bit Torrent) when big sites like these are not even given a second look.

If you feel the same way, feel free to copy and paste all the links into your own blog posts (in an effort to report the copyright violation of course), and write your own thoughts about this issue. If legal action isn’t taken against stuff like this, why should it be taken against kids who download?

Perfectly Legal Video-of-the-Day

My friend Chris sent me this Online Piracy Public Service Announcement Spoof. Check it out, it’s a good laugh.

Popularity: 9% [?]

9 Responses

Chris (Eyes East)

April 15th, 2007 at 10:55 am
1

Rick, you’re my hero, though you pretty much killed my Thursday with Casino Royale. It was awesome.

I used to know a lawyer who worked for RIAA. She was on a school board I covered. She was nice enough, but I didn’t let her near my iPod.
admin

April 15th, 2007 at 11:17 am
2

Ha.
No problem Chris.

I was a bit disappointed with Casino Royale. Seems like there was too much poker. Almost as if they’re trying to milk the Texas Hold’em craze for all it’s worth.

Not much real old school Bond stuff.
At least I didn’t think so.

But then again, maybe it’s because one of my friends kinda built up my expectations a little, saying “I think you’ll really like this movie. it’s the kind of movie you’ll enjoy.”

Ah well…
Check out Hustle. I enjoyed that a lot.
lonnie

April 17th, 2007 at 12:39 am
3

i-Pod? I have an i-Bod I got in Macau….It is supposed to interface with my i-Fone…..Hmmm

OMBW
admin

April 17th, 2007 at 2:38 am
4

what are they?
Snapple products?
Alex

April 18th, 2007 at 12:52 am
5

This is totally out of place… but pretty cool http://youtube.com/watch?v=9MAaM3S3LnE
Alex

April 18th, 2007 at 2:23 am
6

Something more… kind of “Stolen Media Of The Day in reverse” The cool movie Fallen Angels on youbube, in full: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tpCMMNy4J4c&mode=related&search=
admin

April 18th, 2007 at 9:30 am
7

That Wang Faye video (the first link you posted) is damn cool. Awesome voice, and dead sexy. Check her out in Chungking Express by Wongkarwai (Wang jiawei), where she sings along to California Dreamin’.

She’s by far my favorite Chinese singer. Come to think of it, the only one I like… Aside from Machi, from Taiwan. They’re cool too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KREmmPCszvk
admin

April 18th, 2007 at 9:32 am
8

I’ll check fallen angels soon. Looks cool. Very well shot.
But I do have to finish the 3rd season of 24 first….
Frank

June 25th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
9

Rick,

Thanks for the head up. Rhis is scarily easy and downloads without delay. I’m checking all the PCs in my office now … :>)

Frank