places to rent screeners and bootlegs ?

[lordsmurf]

This is more of personal curiosity. I am NOT attempting to find places, NOR am I condoning piracy. I am NOT trying to break the rules of this forum.

I was having a discussion with a friend today about MPAA and told him about screeners and bootlegs I'd seen available for renting.

Have any of you ever seen bootlegs or screeners for sale or rent?

And I mean in a brick-n-mortar store only, not a flea market, sidewalk peddler, online, etc.

I saw a place in Ontario and one in Alaska. Please give vague locations, like only the state/province/country name. The one in Ontario was even well-known for it, though nothing ever happened to the place in all its years of business. BJ_M has probably heard of it.

It's also safe to say bootleg-full places like Hong Kong and China are given. I'm mainly curious in North American and European locations, places that are normally strict about these matters.

[sejac]

Nope! the only place I have ever seen them is on the web.

[Gazorgan]

Weekend only type fleamarkets only. And then it's usually $10 US VHS tapes. Quality is fair (not that i've bought, but they have a display up, and a 13" TV/VCR unit). You really have to look close to see bootlegs versus originals, but the printing isn't offset, it's color laser and that's how I know for sure.

I did know of someone in NYC that did it for spare $$$. He used to bring in (so he said) $500 a month in bootleg DVDR's. Too bad some ratted him out for a terrible copy of some flick. NYC Police busted him, took his computer....etc.