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Hey guys. I had write a rough draft about a part of the research, the reason why the public prefer a pirated movie VCD if compared to the original VCD. Just feel free to correct any mistake within the draft.^_^

The Reason Why The Public Prefer Pirated Movie VCD Compared To Original Movie VCD

Nowadays, existences of the pirated video compact disc (VCD) in the market are not anything new to the public. Their traces can be easily found beside the crowded streets, within the night markets, and inside a small, narrow shop in the corner of the street. For examples, at Kuala Lumpur’s Petaling Street, the pirated VCD sellers are doing their trades by promote the pirated VCD to the people passed by. On the other side, the news reported about the arrest of the offenders who produce and sell pirated VCD are often exist on the newspaper. It seems to be the government is taking action on this piracy issue. However, the traces of the pirated VCD are still available in the market. The public still can easily get a copy of the pirated VCD of a newly release movie down the streets and within the night markets.

So, why the pirated VCD still exist in the market? The existence of pirated VCD in the market is because from the vision of the public, there are a lot of attractive points for them to purchase a pirated movie VCD rather than buying an original released movie VCD. The most attractive points and also the main reason for the public to purchase a pirated movie VCD is its cheap and attractive price. To get a pirated movie VCD, only a few ringgits is needed. However, to own a newly released original movie VCD, four to five times of the pirated movie VCD price is needed. Sometimes, the price of the pirated movie VCD is almost equal to the price of a movie ticket. So, it is not surprise for the public to purchase a pirated movie VCD rather than purchase an original VCD.

Besides, the availability of the pirated movie VCD is also contributes to the existence of the pirated VCD. The public can easily get a pirated movie VCD along the street and within the night market. In some small town, the pirated VCD stall is the only sources for the residents to get a movie VCD due to the absence of a shop which sell original VCD. The pirated VCD is like a wave which floods over the market. Due to its high availability and attractive price, almost nine out of the ten of the public own a pirated movie VCD.

For some big productions which grab the attendance of the public, the pirated version always released as soon as the movie released in the cinema of a particular area. Sometimes, the pirated version movie VCD even exists in the market before the movie released in the cinema within a particular region. For part of the public, queue up in front of the counter of the cinema for a newly released hot movie ticket is a troublesome yet irritating act. So they would prefer to buy a pirated version movie VCD and watch it at home inside their comfortable sofa.

In a conclusion, even though the public felt guilty in selling or owning any pirated VCD, but part of them still prefer pirated VCD compared to original released VCD as pirated VCD meet the ideal condition of the public as an entertainment in their daily life, which is affordable , high availability and released in trend. In the other hand, pirated movie VCD just exists around the public wherever and whenever the public want to have it.

Post by: Zh Wei