外國人搬到上海后，就會獲知一些有關受青睞購物場合的小竅門去家樂福買食品和蔬菜，去宜家買簡單家具，去 買盜版DVD。

When foreigners move to Shanghai, they receive tips on the popular places to buy things Carrefour for food and vegetables, Ikea for basic furniture and Ka de Club for fake DVDs.
銷售好萊塢大片的盜版碟，在上海是筆大交易，而卡迪會所一直是移居中國的外國人和游客追捧的地方。

Pirated copies of Hollywood blockbusters are big business in the city, and Ka de Club has been the popular haunt for expatriates and tourists.
但它的惡名也使其成為眾矢之的。在美國電影協會的支持下，幾家好萊塢電影公司正籌備起訴這家商店，這既突顯出中國法律體制的飛速變革，也表明試圖通過法院采取果斷行動還存在相當大的限制。

But its notoriety has made it a target. Backed by the Motion Picture Association, several Hollywood studios are trying to sue the shop in a lawsuit^{1 which highlights both the rapid changes in Chinas legal system and the considerable limitations of trying to achieve decisive action through the courts.
好萊塢電影公司在本月宣判的案件中勝訴，法院斷定這家商店供應《魔戒1：魔戒再現》和《超人特工隊》盜版DVD的行為侵有版權。然而，法院判決的損害賠償金僅為2.5萬元人民幣略高于3200USD。電影企業的索賠金額為160萬元人民幣。美國電影協會駐亞洲的律師弗蘭克?里特曼表示：大家對賠償金數目這樣之少非常是失望，這類錢只等于那些罪犯做這種交易付出的微不足道的本錢。}

In a judgment^{2 handed down this month, the studios won a ruling that the shop was guilty of copyright infringement3 for selling pirated DVDs of Lord of the Rings and The Incredibles. Yet the court also awarded damages and cosplayts of just Rmb25,000 a little more than $3,200. The studios had sought damages of Rmb1.6m. We are disappointed at the paltry4 amounts of the awards, which amount to only a negligible cosplayt of doing business for these criminals, said Frank Rittman, the MPAs legal counsel in Asia.
在美國就很多假冒產品貿易問題施加的重壓下，中國打造了一個起訴侵犯常識產權行為的框架，國內姥爺司正愈加多地試圖借助這一框架。中國最高人民法院的數據顯示，中國2005年共受審13424件涉及常識產權保護的案件。}

Under pressure from the US over its huge trade in fake goods, China has set up a framework for prosecuting^{6 intellectual property violations7, which foreign and local companies are increasingly trying to use. According to the Supreme Peoples Court of China, 13,424 cases were filed in 2005 concerning intellectual property protection.
電影行業愈加多地通過法院向DVD零售商提起訴訟，去年提起訴訟的案件有16件，其中4件針對卡迪會所提起的訴訟尚未結案。}

The film industry has increasingly pursued DVD retailers^{8 through the courts, filing 16 complaints last year, including four outstanding ones against Ka de Club.
但公司和律師們表示，雖然法院總是會判他們勝訴，判罰結果卻無助于改變近況。罰款數額很少，處以的有期徒刑一般會緩期實行。}

But companies and lawyers say that while the courts often uphold their cases, the penalties do little to change the situation. Fines are only modest and prison sentences often suspended.
中國付出了很多努力來打造一個常識產權法律框架，美邁斯律師事務所中國業務合作伙伴莫石表示，但賠償金仍是個大問題。

There has been a lot of effort to establish a framework for intellectual property law in China, says Michael Moser, co-chairman of the China practice of OMelveny Myers. But remedies are still a big issue.
代表好萊塢電影企業的上海律師事務所的楊軍表示，盡管賠償金不高，但提起訴訟仍是值得的，由于它們讓公眾意識到，盜版DVD是違法的。

Yang Jun, at the Shanghai law firm that represented the studios, says the lawsuits^{9 are worthwhile despite the low damages because they make the public aware that fake DVDs are illegal.
楊軍3年前參與的一塊案件使得起訴DVD商店業主成為可能。在那之前，很多小商店在經營時不簽訂正式租約，期望借此可以使房子所有人免于被起訴。她表示：讓它們愈加很難經營，同時提升公眾意識，是一個按部就班的過程。}

A case she was involved in three years ago established it was possible to sue the landlords of DVD shops. Before that many small shops operated without a formal lease in the hope that the property owner was immune from prosecution^{10. It is a gradual process of making it harder for them to operate and raising public awareness, she says.
有跡象表明，中國有關部門正在打擊DVD的銷售，警察會對最顯眼的商店進行突擊檢查。卡迪會所在兩年內被迫3次搬家，現在已更換了經營名字。外國影片的銷售只在一間密室里進行。}

There are some signs that the authorities are cracking down on DVD sales, with police raids on the most visible shops. Ka de Club has been forced to change location three times in two years and now operates under a different name. Foreign films are on sale only in a back room.
但盜版DVD的需要量巨大，這在一定量上是因為中國審察部門禁止多數新影片在影院上映。訴訟案件好像沒影響卡迪會所在新址的買賣。近期一個周五的下午，一大量DVD準時到貨，供銷費者在周末購買。

But there is huge demand for fake DVDs, in part because Chinas censors^{11 prevent most new films appearing in the cinema. And lawsuits do not appear to have slowed business at Ka de Clubs new location. On a recent Friday afternoon a big consignment of DVDs arrived in time for weekend customers}