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Hong Kong Busts Site Selling Pirated Anime DVD's Date: 1/25/2006 |
People's Daily and Xinhua mention Hong Kong authorities have demolished an illegal website selling pirated animation DVD to Japanese customers through mail, local press reported on Sunday. The website, registered by a Hong Kong native named Cheung, made up as a legitimate Japanese one by updating stockpile information and purchase details in Japanese, custom officials were quoted by Chinese daily Wen Wei Po as saying. During its operation over half a year, the website has sold out some 12,000 pirated DVDs and made Cheung around one million HK dollars (129,198 U.S. dollars), estimated the officials. |
Source: Anime News Service |