Warner Bros. Korea releasing movies online before DVD

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Warner Bros. Korea releasing movies online before DVD

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Scanned by: Alvis Brigis about 1 month ago

In an effort to head off pirates in South Korea, Warner Bros. will start releasing movies online there before they are even available on DVD. The move is an attempt to monetize a market known for the wide availability of illegally copied DVDs by taking advantage of its high broadband penetration. If the experiment proves successful, the studio and others like it may expand its pre-DVD-release online distribution to other countries.