Pirated Film on Sale for R50.00It turns out that locally-produced hit movie White Wedding was been pirated within a month of its release. Illegal copies of the film, which was only released on April 29, have for been on sale on the streets of Johannesburg and Cape Town for a fortnight already - for a mere R50.
To put this in perspective: the amount of copies seized in a raid this week would account for R250000 in DVD sales which would have taken away up to 15 percent from box office receipts from the film.
Piracy is such a quaint term; images of Johnny Depp and blue Caribbean seas abound. But it's neither sweet nor romantic, it's theft - and it's your livelihood they are stealing.
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