News Links - 9/9/07

[dleedlee]

Best Picture

http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2007-09-09/03221708297.shtml
Lee Ang picks up second Golden Lion with 'Lust, Caution'
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 91/1/.html
Ang Lee wins top prize at Venice, again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070908/ap_ ... KeCJ1xFb8C
Ang Lee Wins Second Golden Lion
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/09/09/1221@271755.htm\\
Ang Lee: 'Lust, Caution' is about China's past culture
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00 ... 091210.htm

Singapore: Interview with Lin Chi-Ling
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story ... 27,00.html?

Mainlander gets 4 years' jail for scam on tycoon
Zou's lawyer said Zou had conceived the plot after watching too many Hong Kong action films.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... r=20070908

DVD-sniffing dogs visit Canada following busts
Flo and Lucky's North American tour
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... ertainment

Chinese Reporter Shoots Video of "Nessies" in Volcanic Lake
http://english.cri.cn/2906/2007/09/09/65@271897.htm

HD VMD to Battle Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007090 ... BuFV8jtBAF

China Adopts New HD Disc Standard, HD DVD Reaches 51GB
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_China_Ad ... 08434.html

[Brian Thibodeau]

DVD-sniffing dogs visit Canada following busts
Flo and Lucky's North American tour
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... ertainment

This item has appeared in most of the local media around here, and now that it has a local "flavour" I really see the PR nature of the whole exercies. The police in Toronto (and probably most other cities these dogs have visited) know exactly where to go in this town to confiscate thousands of bootleg DVDs, CD, what have you, and that's just what they've done on many occasions. The stuff isn't exactly hidden from public view! They arrest a few people, close down a couple of mall shops, trace the distribution chain back to a few homes and the network suffers a teensy setback for a few days, literally. Police organizations taking part in this doggie publicity tour can't possibly think they're scaring anyone out of a very lucrative business. Surely they need a harder, and larger, crackdown, beyond a couple of dogs that can confirm what they already know just from looking at the packaging!