According to an article ont he
Scotsman.com UK customers should stay away from fake DVDs. Apparently there are
people who give their relatives pirated copies of movies as a present and the UK
film council is warning people that the receivers might be dissapointed over
your present. The council might be right as some of the fake DVDs are so called
screeners, movies that are recorded in video theaters and often of poor quality.
 The Federation Against Copyright Theft, which clamps down on
piracy, has seized 1,225,654 pirate DVDs this year '“ up 389% on this time
last year. Around a third of UK DVDs are thought to be unauthorised
copies, many bought at car boot sales and street markets.
UK Film
Council chief executive John Woodward said: 'Pirate film copies may seem a
bargain but they are usually shoddy goods, which threaten UK jobs and film
production and help fund organised crime. 'The only people who really
benefit from film fakes are the criminals doing the
counterfeiting.
'Pirate DVDs and videos are often well-packaged but
extremely poor quality, and anyone getting one as a present is likely to
be left disappointed on Christmas morning."
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Fake DVDs
can be identified by the lack of a BBFC certification marker, such as
'18", and the absence of an engraved mark in the centre starting with the
letters IFPI.
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Source: Scotsman
