Vietnam destroys discs, books in piracy purge
More than 48,000 fake music, video and computer discs
and 1,200 books have been destroyed in Hanoi, in a purge
against piracy.
Officials say a further 6,000 illegally printed products
ranging from calendars to banners were burnt as the VCDs,
DVDs, CDs and CD-Roms were ground to pieces and then
ceremoniously crushed by a roadroller.
An official from Hanoi's culture and information department
says the purge - the second of the year - was to mark
World Intellectual Property Rights Day.
The official says of the books destroyed, 210 had 'bad'
content and 1,015 'superstitious' content.
ABC Radio Australia News - May 8, 2003.
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