(20 Apr 2008) SHOTLIST
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1. Wide of guards holding signs of all the districts in Beijing
2. Mid of guards with signs
3. Wide of guards standing in front of grinding machines and boxes of pirated discs
4. Close up of box containing pirated discs
5. Lin Binjie, Deputy Director of the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Work Group, putting pirated items through a grinder
6. Close up of box of pirated discs
7. Pirated discs coming through the grinding machine
8. Wide of officials from National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Work Group on podium
9. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Lin Binjie, Deputy Director of the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Work Group:
"Through today's large scale destroying activity, we hope that we can further show the world the Chinese government's high determination to protect intellectual property and crackdown harshly on piracy."
10. Guard pouring pirated items into a grinder
11. Close of pirated discs going into grinder
12. Ground discs coming out through grinder
13. Close of destroyed DVD
14. Boxes of pirated items with a sign reading (in Mandarin) "Destroy items"

STORYLINE

Millions of pirate DVDs and CDs were destroyed in Beijing on Sunday as part of a national campaign to protect intellectual property rights, ahead of April 26 World Intellectual Property Day.

The Beijing Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Work Leading Group collectively destroyed pirated discs by putting them through grinders.

Lin Binjie, the deputy director of the group, said that the event would show China's determination to stop piracy.

"Through today's large scale destroying activity, we hope that we can further show the world the Chinese government's high determination to protect intellectual property and crackdown harshly on piracy," he said.

The anti-piracy campaign involves China's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

A total of 47.18 (m) million unauthorised items were destroyed, including 2 (m) million in Beijing's main venue.

On Thursday, officials said that 4,322 people were convicted of product piracy last year and promised special efforts to protect Olympics-related trademarks.

China is the world's biggest source of illegally copied goods and trade groups say violations are growing despite increased penalties and repeated crackdowns.

The illicit trade is fuelling tensions with Washington, which has filed a World Trade Organisation case over Beijing's failure to stamp it out.

In an annual report, the agency said authorities seized nearly 76 (m) million pirated movies, software discs and other goods last year and shut down 13,170 piracy-oriented businesses.

Officials said they are making special efforts to prevent unlicensed use of Olympics-related logos and other property ahead of the Beijing Summer Games in August.

Washington filed a WTO complaint in April 2007 accusing Beijing of violating its trade commitments by failing to stop product piracy.

Film studios have won lawsuits against pirate DVD vendors and have begun filing cases against Web sites accused of allowing downloads of unlicensed movies.

But some 93 percent of DVDs sold in China are unlicensed, according to the Motion Picture Association, which represents Hollywood studios.

Many are sold openly on sidewalks in Beijing and other major cities.

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