marketplace in china.....

ok, so all last week i listened to marketplace broadcasting from shanghai(sp?) on my way to work...because this spot comes on at 7:50 am.....i know that i have to be at a certain place on 127 north when i hear the music.....or i will certainly be late for work......this week they are broadcasting from further inland on the later 6:00 version...i only listen to it on tuesdays...but i digress.......one day last week they were focusing on pirated goods......and went into a dvd store that was selling 1st run films still showing on American screens.....the store owner described a recent visit by hollywood-studio types....who were there to assess the enemy....yet left with pirated copies of the same films they are anxious to legislate or sue away.......and i must say that i was, and am still...envious.....because had i been along i could now own pride and predjudice on dvd at this very moment.......rather than at some distant and yet to be named date........