Reward offered to stop film copying

The Hong Kong distributor of Lust, Caution has promised a maximum reward of HK$30,000 to whistle-blowers who report anyone using or making illegal copies of the film. The movie, by Taiwan-born director Ang Lee, won a major prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. It is scheduled to be screened here tomorrow. Edko Films also warned against online piracy, saying it would track down BitTorrent downloaders - peer-to-peer file-sharing on the Net.