Hollywood Rewards Piracy Snitches
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“Hollywood is seeking informers to combat tech-smart and often heavily armed Asian pirate gangs, which are flooding the world with cheap DVDs and robbing the American film business of $646 million a year, an industry official said on Wednesday.
Michael Ellis, Asia-Pacific anti-piracy head for the Motion Picture Association of America, said his organization had put aside $150,000 to reward informers whose tips lead to successful police raids on illegal DVD factories. “
$150,000 for Asian pirate gangs, $27 million for Osama…someone could hit the jackpot.
