Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Our Local BLOCKBUSTER



Would you believe you can't buy or rent an actual DVD in this country?

Only bootleg, all the time.

Movies usually appear in Rio San Juan before they even hit the theaters in the US. Of course, the quality is atrocious and it's highly illegal. At this little podunk stand, I could purchase Batman: The Dark Night, Made of Honor, or any of the summer theater releases.

How do you begin to fight an underground industry that is so widespread and accepted? Most people in Latin America (and I'm assuming, Africa and Asia) have no idea that there's a difference between the "real" and bootleg versions.

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