THE film industry claims to have lost tens of millions of dollars over the past five years because of violation of laser disc copyright in China.
Hollywood films such as Schindler's List, Indecent Proposal and Intersection and Hong Kong movies such as Love and the City and Crossings are being shown in Guangzhou laser disc theatres without permission.
The three companies - CIC Video Hong Kong, Meh Ah Video Production and the Ocean Shore Video - which own the laser disc copyright for the films said they had never granted copyright to China.
The laser disc covers displayed in the Xin Xing Cinema in Zhongshan Road bore a stamp showing Intersection had been cleared by the Guangzhou Movie Company to be shown in public.
Next to the stamp, another one from the original laser disc distributor says the copy should be for 'home use only'.
Hong Kong's laser disc wholesalers warn retailers about supplying China.
Ocean Shore Video, together with five major wholesalers which represent 90 per cent of those in the territory, said they were determined to stop the violation.