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Singapore: Hub for bootleggers?
Singapore has been a success story in fighting pirated movies, but an industry association warns the city-state could just be shipping the problem out of the country. “Singapore is the third lowest in terms of losses due to piracy in Asia-Pacific, ahead of only Vietnam and New Zealand,” said Michael Ellis, vice president and regional director of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), a U.
Singapore has been a success story in fighting pirated movies, but an industry association warns the city-state could just be shipping the problem out of the country.
“Singapore is the third lowest in terms of losses due to piracy in Asia-Pacific, ahead of only Vietnam and New Zealand,” said Michael Ellis, vice president and regional director of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), a U.S.-based film rights advocate. But he warned that Singapore acts as a transshipment center for pirated DVDs produced in Indonesia and Malaysia. About 13 percent of counterfeit seizures made in the United Kingdom last year were shipped from the republic, he said. Read the full story on CNET Asia.