http://city.udn.com/50132/3971273?tpno=0&cate_no=0 纽时摘译：世博登场 盗版影音商品暂时隐身 Bootleg Goods Hidden Away for World Expo By David Barboza SHANGHAI – The latest mystery in Shanghai, complete with sliding bookshelves, secret passageways and contraband goods, is this: Why are all the popular DVDs and CDs missing from this city’s shops? 滑动书架、秘密通道及走私商品。上海的最新谜团是：为什麽市区商店贩售的人气 DVD及CD全部不见了踪影？ But it’s a mystery easily solved. In China, embarrassments are usually hidden from sight when the world comes visiting, and that is what has happened to a large supply of bootleg DVDs and CDs as Shanghai prepares for the World Expo, which is expected to attract 70 million visitors. 这个问题容易解答。在中国大陆，每当重大活动吸引世人从全球各地前来造访时， 所有见不得人的事物通常都会隐藏起来。在上海市政府筹备预计可吸引7000万人次 各国观光客的世界博览会时，当地的大批非法DVD及CD就是如此处理。 A few weeks ago, government inspectors fanned out across the city and ordered shops selling pirated music and movies to stash away their illegal goods during the expo, a six-month extravaganza that opens May 1. 几个星期前，上海市政府指派的检查人员兵分多路，命令全市各地贩卖盗版音乐 及电影的店家在本月1日揭幕的世博会期间，暂时收起它们的违法商品。世博为期 6个月。 But shop owners found a novel way to comply – they simply chopped their stores in half. 然而许多商店的老板找到一个配合的新奇方法：把店面分割成两个部分。 In a remarkable display of uniformity, nearly every DVD shop in central Shanghai has built a partition that divides the store into two sections: one that sells legal DVDs (often films no one is interested in buying), and a hidden one that sells the illegal titles that everyone wants – Hollywood blockbusters like “Avatar” (for a dollar), Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and even Lady Gaga’s latest CD “The Fame.” 在上海市中心区，几乎每一家DVD专卖店都将店面隔成两个部分，一半贩卖合法的DVD （通常是没人有兴趣购买的电影），隐密的另一半贩卖人人想要的违法影音产品， 例如好莱坞热门电影「阿凡达」（售价1美元）、提姆‧波顿的「爱丽丝梦游仙境」， 甚至女神卡卡的最新CD「The Fame」。 The stores, which are even frequented by American and European customers, are brightly lighted with rows of neatly stocked shelves. 就连美国人与欧洲人也经常光顾这些专卖店。它们内部灯光明亮，一排排的货架整齐 摆满热门商品。 “This is where everything is now,” said a clerk at Movie World. “We have to do it this way because of the expo.” 「电影世界」的一个店员说：「现在东西全在这儿了。为了世博，我们只好这麽做。」 Intellectual property rights experts say they are outraged by what looks to be a sham crackdown. And the Motion Picture Association of America, which represents some of Hollywood’s biggest studios, calls the situation troubling. 智慧财产权专家表示，上海市政府的假取缔令他们极为不满。代表好莱坞一些最有 规模制片厂的美国电影协会表示，这种局面令人深感困扰。 “Although various senior Chinese officials have made numerous statements in support of intellectual property protection and the fight against piracy, their talk has not been followed by sufficient action,” Mike Ellis, president of the Asia Pacific division, said in a statement in response to a reporter’s question. 该协会亚太地区总裁艾里斯在回覆记者提问的声明中指出：「中国高阶官员虽曾多次 发表声明，表达支持保护智财权及取缔盗版的决心，却并未采取足够的具体行动。」 City officials, however, insist that the recent crackdown has been effective. Since March, more than 3,000 shops have been closed for selling pirated music and movies, they say. 然而上海市府官员表示，最近的取缔已经产生具体效果。他们指出，3月至今即有 3000多家商店因为贩卖盗版音乐及电影而被勒令停业。 They also strongly deny encouraging stores to build secret rooms. 他们同时坚决否认鼓励业者设计密室。 “That is impossible,” says Zhou Weimin, director of the city’s cultural market administrative enforcement team. “No inspector dares to say that to the store operator. Hinting like that is definitely illegal.” 上海市府负责管理文化市场的周伟民（译音）说：「不可能。没有任何检查人员胆敢 向业者说这种话。如此暗示绝对违法。」 Mr. Zhou acknowledged that “some stores have adopted a more covert way to run their business,” but he said that this was not a new phenomenon and that they would not get away with it. 周伟民承认，部分店家以更能掩人耳目的方法做生意，然而这不是新现象，而这些 店家绝对无法逃脱责任。 As for DVD shop workers, they seem as divided as their stores. 至於DVD专卖店的员工，态度似乎与店面一样的分歧。 When asked last week what was going on, clerks at Even Better Than Movie World (across the street from its rival Movie World) readily acknowledged to a visitor that they had been told to hide the illegal goods, and that inspectors would pretend not to notice the clandestine backroom operation. 询以状况如何时，与竞争对手「电影世界」隔街对望的「比电影世界更好」（意译） 店员向一名访客表示，有关方面指示他们把违法商品藏起来，检查人员都会假装不曾 看见密室。 After a few months, they say, the wall will come down and the store will go back to selling illegal DVDs out in the open. 他们表示，几个月後，这道隔间墙就会拆掉，店面再度公开贩卖违法的DVD。 But later, when the same visitor returned, identified himself as a journalist and asked the same question, the clerks pretended there were no secret rooms. 然而当同一名访客稍後去而复返，表明他的记者身分并提出相同的问题时，店员却又 假装没有密室。 “I don’t know about the existence of that small room,” a clerk at Movie World said. Pressed, she said: “I’m not the boss.” 「电影世界」的一个女店员说：「我对这种小房间的存在毫无所悉。」当记者追问时， 她说：「我不是老板。」 Douglas Clark, a lawyer at Lovells and a specialist in intellectual property rights law in its Shanghai office, says counterfeiting here is rampant. He says the sophistication of the system and the public nature of it are mind-boggling. 路伟律师事务所上海代表处的律师克拉克是智财权法的专家，他表示仿冒在上海非常 猖獗，整个系统的精细程度及其公然为之的现象令人惊讶。 “These are not fly-by-night operations,” Mr. Clark said by telephone. “The only way these guys can get away with this is if they’re protected.” And they often brag of a selection that is superior to that found at Blockbuster or on Netflix. 克拉克接受电话访问时说：「这不是偷偷摸摸的经营。得到保护是这些家伙逃脱 责任的唯一先决条件。」他们经常夸称自己提供的选择胜过百视达和Netflix。 There is one development that may at least cut down on the sale of bootleg DVDs. Many young people say the search for pirated music and movies has moved online to countless Web sites that offer free downloads. 一项最新发展或许至少能够降低盗版DVD的销售量。许多年轻人表示，盗版音乐 及电影的搜寻已经转移到提供免费下载服务的无数网站。 “I don’t even buy DVDs anymore,” said Qi Wen, a 24-year-old travel agent. “I usually watch the movies online or download them to my computer; it’s fast and simple.” 24岁的旅行社员工齐文（译音）说：「我甚至已经不再买DVD。我通常在网路看电影， 或把它们下载到我的电脑里。这麽做快又简单。」 原文参照：http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/business/global/28piracy.html 2010-05-11/联合报/G9版/UNITEDDAILYNEWS 陈世钦 原文请见纽时周报七版上 -- / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 口 玉龙 Ｌ　 ★ Cs 牛 LA 鹰 金 ＰＨＸ 曾文顶 曾盖索　 曾尔德 曾奈特 曾诺亚 曾卡曼 曾欧佛 曾奈奈 曾阿马 --

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