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Joint push to tackle illegal Net downloads

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Film industry and internet service providers are planning a joint effort to combat illegal downloading.

Woody Tsung Wan-chi, president of the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association, said the industry had its first meeting with various internet service providers on Monday.

The meeting was called by the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau. Mr Tsung said it was a good start, although no decisions were made. 'It was only our first meeting so it was only a basic discussion. We are not sure how we are going to work together yet but at least we have exchanged some basic ideas,' he said.

'It will be quite meaningful if the industries could work together, so that we don't just rely on the government.'

Mr Tsung said only 40 films were planned for next year, well down on the 300 films made in both 1993 and 1994.

He said the local movie industry had been heavily damaged by BT (BitTorrent) downloads, a form of free file-sharing.

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