Originally posted by AKIron
I have to give the Russians this much, they are way ahead of the US in movie to video production. My son's fiancée has been in Moscow visiting her grandparents and she already has videos of Spiderman 2 and Shrek 2, months before we'll get them here in the US. You guys in Russia must really have some sophisticated equipment.
Hope she isn't busted bringing 'em in to the US.
If you'll check file-exchange networks you'll see that all this films are availible in Kazaa or Edonkey even before official release

This is definetly done by some communist spies

The problem with "counterfeit" videos is that image, sound and translation quality is usually better then on "official" releases we have here, and at the price 3-5 times smaller. You have to be mentaly disable to pay more for worse product.
Many foreigners buy dozens of CDs and DVDs here and I have never heard of any problems bringing them to the West.
Hehe, even Russian releases are pirated before they are in theatres. I had a copy of "Nochnoy Dozor" ("Night Watch") 10 days before an official release. I hope you understand that I went and watched it in theatre.