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...site provides only streaming video, but hackers are constantly trying to download the films. "We try not to let people download movies because downloading takes up a higher amount of bandwidth," says Tan. "Also, we don't want people to download the movies and sell them on the street. That's what happened in Taiwan with Napster - all the college students started selling CDs on the street of songs they downloaded off the internet. We don't want people to do that with our movies. We want to broadcast them so people can watch them...
...have spent three months studying the law in Taiwan, talking to all the authorities we can get," says Tan. "According to the law, if a movie is not released in Taiwan within 30 days of its release elsewhere, it is no longer protected by Taiwan's copyright...
...long as we are operating under the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan), we don't need to go to other companies," says Tan. "This is not like Napster because people cannot download the movies. We just want people to be able to watch movies online. These Internet movies do not compare to the quality you see in the cinema or the theater. We are not trying to get business from Hollywood. I don't like watching movies online. If I like a movie that I see on the site, I'll go buy the DVD and bring...
...Tan says the Motion Picture Association of America sent Movie88.com an email through its web site listing their concerns. "They are very kind people, very nice, very sincere," says Tan of the MPAA. "They said something like, 'There are a few movies on your server that are in violation of law 106 something-something of America.' But what's the law of the United States got to do with Taiwan...
...only ones doing this," says Tan. "Maybe our collection is more complete compared to others. We think there should be more sites like movie88.com. It would be better for everyone. If you were the MPAA, wouldn't you want to set up your own movie site so you can control the quality...