05
FEB
First Pirated HD DVD Disc Surfaces?
Posted by Stephane Dion
Find anything peculiar about the above photo? Try this on for size - Cnet Asia is reporting what you see is the first reported case of HD DVD movie piracy...and it heralds from China.
The particular movie of course is Michael Bay's Transformers. It is being reported this is the complete movie with "Mandarin dubbing and subtitles for mainland Chinese consumption." The movie was reportedly cut " on three HD-DVD9 format media in pristine 1080p visuals and HDi interactive features."
You have to imagine this is another unhappy moment for the HD DVD camp in 2008.
Or it could be a happy time... after all, who'd pirate something if it wasn't desirable in some way? In the end, you still need an HD DVD player to watch the pirated copy.
What I really want to know is... what will Michael Bay say?
Posted by: Pravin | February 06, 2008 at 12:04 AM