Great Moments in Intellectual Property Protection, part 394a

The other evening I was at the local shopping mall out here in suburban Shanghai and after buying some groceries I stopped to see what new titles a local DVD peddler had. He was flipping through his selection of English language movies and when I appeared puzzled when looking at one of them (the title wasn't on the cover and I didn't recognize any of the pictured stars) he helpfully pointed to the three screen movie theater just behind us--one of the anchors, ostensibly, of the brand new shopping mall. I looked up and saw on the billboard that``Pirates of the Caribbean,'' starring johnny Depp, was one of the films now playing at the theater. The street peddler smiled and showed me again the DVD I hadn't recognized. Same thing, he said--"Pirates of the Caribbean." He wanted five rmb for his version. The price in the movie theater behind us? Twenty.