Chinese company buying AMC movie chain.

[markw]

A, does this mean we'll be hungry an hour after eating the popcorn?

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[racquetman]

That will be great for the pirating business. You won't have to worry about cheap Chinese knock-offs any longer. You can bet that new releases will find their way from a theater server to some hidden Chinese factory secretly owned by this same conglomerate.

 

[lsiberian]

That will be great for the pirating business. You won't have to worry about cheap Chinese knock-offs any longer. You can bet that new releases will find their way from a theater server to some hidden Chinese factory secretly owned by this same conglomerate.

Piracy is rampant in all of Asia, but it isn't exactly government sponsored. It's just the culture.