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2 days ago SEOUL (AFP) Hollywood studio Warner Brothers will end its home video and DVD business in South Korea at the end of the year due to rampant piracy, a report said Monday. "One of the reasons for the pullout is a slump in the video and DVD market, resulting from online piracy and ...
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betanews.com - 11/14/2008
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Subscribers to the online movie rental service Netflix
this afternoon found a not-entirely-unexpected message in their e-mail,...
informing them that HD DVD-based movie titles would not be available in one month's time.
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Netflix to officially phase out HD DVD on December 15
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Warner Bros. Spanks DVD Pirates; Pulls Out of Korea
Wired: Epicenter —
... "One of the reasons for the pullout is a slump in the video and DVD market, resulting from online piracy and illegal downloading," a Warner Bros. Korea exec reportedly told Yonhap news agency. ...
‘Pirates’ drive Warner Bros from S. Korea
p2pnet news —
... Now, “Hollywood studio Warner Brothers will end its home video and DVD business in South Korea at the end of the year due to rampant piracy,” says the Yonhap news agency, quoted by Agence France-Presse. ...
Warner Bros. ends home video / DVD business in South Korea, piracy to blame
Engadget HD —
... Those guys look pretty passionate, wouldn't you say? It's folks like that (we presume) that have forced Warner Brothers' hand, and now the studio will end its home video and DVD business in the nation of South Korea. According to an unnamed official at Warner Brothers Home Video Korea, "one of the reasons for the pullout is a slump in the video and DVD market, resulting from online ...
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