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Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Chinese pop star's antipiracy moment backfires

According to a Peoples Daily report on February 27, 2005 a televised anti-piracy concert watched by 150 million included one performer asking "A copyrighted CD for 200 yuan [$24], pirated one for 10 yuan, what will you buy?" "The pirated one," answered the thousands of people in the stadium.

Link (thanks Jason Schultz)

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