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I don't know what to think about the crackdown on DVD piracy which, I assume, is the reason behind the closure of the shop near my workplace. While I'm generally in favour of copyright holders getting their dues, it seems to me that there is no such thing as a legal DVD in China, so foreigners who want a bit of comfort viewing will have to go cold turkey. Also, like just about every other crackdown in China, this one is bound to be half-a*#@d. The vendor of decidedly dodgy digital discs near my local Metro station seems to be unaffected thus far, even though he's hardly difficult to spot. And even if they do make good on the pledge, it's only a 100-day crackdown anyway. Why all Chinese anti-crime campaigns must have start and finish dates, I simply do not know. Surely the law is the law is the law and it should be upheld all the time.